Infant Skull Deformities
Infant skull deformities. The most common skull deformities. Black lines indicate open sutures. The arrows indicate the typical direction where the ear position is shifted to.
Picture and text: Hukki J, Saarinen P, Kangasniemi M et al. Yksinkertaiset kraniosynostoosit [Simple craniosynostoses]. Finnish Medical Journal Duodecim 2007;123(8):969-78.
Primary/Secondary Keywords
- child
- infant
- baby
- skull
- anterior fontanelle
- suture
- coronal suture
- coronal synostosis
- craniosynostosis
- lambdoid suture
- lambdoid synostosis
- paediatrics
- anomalous cranial shape
- cranial shape
- head shape
- metopic suture
- frontal suture
- plagiocephaly
- head
- sagittal suture
- scaphocephaly
- Posterior suture
- trigonocephaly