Malformation of the skull in which the head appears tall and thin
Medical condition
Turricephaly is a type of cephalic disorder where the head appears tall with a small length and width.[3][4] It is due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid,[5] or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures.[2] It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly (or acrocephaly) is a form of turricephaly where the head is cone-shaped, and is the most severe of the craniosynostoses.[4]
Presentation
Common associations
It may be associated with:[6]
Conditions with turricephaly
Conditions with turricephaly include:[7][8]
Carpenter syndrome
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
Diagnosis
Treatment
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Mosby's Medical Dictionary (8th ed.). Elsevier. 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ a b Bodian, Martin (May 6, 1950). "Oxycephaly". Journal of the American Medical Association. 143 (1): 15–8. doi:10.1001/jama.1950.02910360017006. PMID 15415226.
- ^ "Turricephaly". Elements of Morphology. National Human Genome Research Institute. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ a b Allanson, Judith E.; Cunniff, Christopher; Hoyme, H. Eugene; McGaughran, Julie; Muenke, Max; Neri, Giovanni (January 2009). "Elements of morphology: standard terminology for the head and face". American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 149A (1): 6–28. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.32612. ISSN 1552-4833. PMC 2778021. PMID 19125436.
- ^ "oxycephaly". TheFreeDictionary. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ Weerakkody, Yuranga; Goel, Ayush. "Oxycephaly". Radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Turricephaly (Concept Id: C5399823)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Oxycephaly (Concept Id: C4551646)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Mosaic trisomy 12 (Concept Id: CN073989)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
Further reading
- NINDS Overview
- Ebenezer, Roy (1960). "Craniostenosis or oxycephaly". Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 8 (3): 77–80. ISSN 0301-4738. PMID 13819157.
External links
Look up oxycephaly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.