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Conspicuous and/or Abnormal Head Shape

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Abnormal head shape attracts attention of parents and physicians mainly in neonates and infants because the hair does not cover the deformity as later in life. On the other hand, the family becomes used to the abnormal head shape with time.

After discussion of the head that is too large in chapter “macrocrania,” remain the causes of deviation from the normal shape of the neurocranium such as abnormal proportions or right-left asymmetry without or with involvement of the facial skeleton.

Because craniosynostoses (premature closure of one or more sutures) are in the form of interest due to the possibility of surgical correction, the other causes of conspicuous or abnormal head shape are explained in the differential diagnosis of the single craniosynostoses and listed in Table 4.1.

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Kaiser, G.L. (2012). Conspicuous and/or Abnormal Head Shape. In: Symptoms and Signs in Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31161-1_4

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