Oxycephaly
| Oxycephaly | |
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| Specialty | medical genetics |
| ICD-10 | Q75.0 |
| ICD-9-CM | 756.0 |
Oxycephaly, also known as turricephaly,[1] acrocephaly,[1] hypsicephaly,[1] oxycephalia,[1] steeple head,[1] tower head,[1] tower skull, high-head syndrome and Turmschädel,[2] is a type of cephalic disorder where the top of the skull is pointed or conical due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid,[3] or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures.[2] It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly is the most severe of the craniosynostoses.
Common associations
It may be associated with:[4]
- 8th cranial nerve lesion
- Optic nerve compression
- Mental retardation
- Syndactyly
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mosby's Medical Dictionary (8th ed.). Elsevier. 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- 1 2 Bodian, Martin (May 6, 1950). "Oxycephaly.". Journal of the American Medical Association. 143 (1): 15–8. doi:10.1001/jama.1950.02910360017006. PMID 15415226.
- ↑ "oxycephaly". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Weerakkody, Yuranga; Goel, Ayush. "Oxycephaly". Radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
External links
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Look up oxycephaly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- NINDS Overview
- Ebenezer, Roy (1960). "Craniostenosis or oxycephaly". Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 8 (3): 77–80. ISSN 0301-4738.
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