Oxycephaly
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| Oxycephaly | |
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| ICD-10 | Q75.0 |
| ICD-9-CM | 756.0 |
| Patient UK | Oxycephaly |
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
External links
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Look up oxycephaly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- NINDS Overview
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