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A member asked:
If a child has a soft spot that fuses early or can't be felt, does that automatically mean craniosynostosis?
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Not really: The "soft spot" is quite variable in size.I've seen them a quarter inch or 5 inches across. Given such variability ti time of apparent closure is diverse. Craniosynostosis referrals to an actual physical fusing of the skull plates, which produces a ridge like a steeple that can be easily felt. It also stops skull growth from that site.As long as there is n true joining,just a close its nl
Answered 8/9/2016
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