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Hi i have what i consider a really weird shaped head since it sticks out in the back a lot and looks elongated and kind of big. is this possibly spaphocephaly?
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Early fusion sutures: The term is scaphocephaly and is cause by premature closing of the sagittal sutures as a neonate. The head is elongated in anterior-posterior diameter and shorten in the biparietal diameter. Usually surgery is performed in infancy to allow for normal brain development. I would recommend you have an x-ray to confirm the diagnosis and additional studies performed ( CT scan/MRI) should you want to pu
Answered 12/22/2017
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