Craniosynostoses (definition)

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Craniosynostoses

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Definition: Premature closure of one or more CRANIAL SUTURES. It often results in plagiocephaly. Craniosynostoses that involve multiple sutures are sometimes associated with congenital syndromes such as ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; and CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS.

Examples Acrocephalosyndactylia

Other names Oxycephaly; Acrocephaly; Unilateral Coronal Synostoses; Synostotic Posterior Plagiocephalies; Synostotic Plagiocephaly; Trigonocephalies; Synostotic Plagiocephalies; Synostotic Anterior Plagiocephalies; Synostosis, Unilateral Coronal; Synostosis, Sagittal; Synostosis, Metopic; Synostosis, Lambdoid; Synostoses, Unilateral Coronal; Synostoses, Sagittal; Synostoses, Metopic; Synostoses, Lambdoid; Scaphocephalies; Posterior Plagiocephaly, Synostotic; Posterior Plagiocephalies, Synostotic; Plagiocephaly, Synostotic Posterior

Substance	Categories	Source
Furlong syndrome	Craniosynostoses Marfan Syndrome.
Calabro syndrome	Constriction, Pathologic Craniosynostoses Klippel-Feil Syndrome Mouth Abnormalities Urogenital Abnormalities Limb Deformities, Congenital.
Fine-Lubinsky syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract Craniosynostoses Deafness *Intellectual Disability.
Baraitser Rodeck Garner syndrome	Cleft Lip Cleft Palate Coloboma Craniosynostoses Intellectual Disability Seizures *Kidney Diseases, Cystic Ear/abnormalities Nose/abnormalities.
Pfeiffer Tietze Welte syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Craniosynostoses Foot Deformities, Congenital Hand Deformities, Congenital *Intellectual Disability.	Eur J Pediatr 1987;146(1):74-5
Oculopalatoskeletal syndrome	Craniosynostoses Eye Abnormalities.
Genoa syndrome	Craniosynostoses Holoprosencephaly.
Jackson-Weiss syndrome	Craniosynostoses Foot Deformities, Congenital.
Plagiocephaly and X-linked mental retardation	Craniosynostoses Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Bohring syndrome	Craniosynostoses Intellectual Disability.
Opitz trigonocephaly syndrome	Craniosynostoses Intellectual Disability.
Muenke Syndrome	*Craniosynostoses.
Shprintzen Golberg craniosynostosis	Craniosynostoses Marfan Syndrome *Arachnodactyly.
Lowry Maclean syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cleft Palate Craniosynostoses Diaphragmatic Eventration Glaucoma Growth Disorders Heart Defects, Congenital Intellectual Disability *Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Kleeblattschaedel syndrome	*Craniosynostoses.
Craniosynostosis, sagittal, with Dandy-Walker malformation and hydrocephalus	Craniosynostoses Dandy-Walker Syndrome.
Craniosynostosis, anal anomalies, and porokeratosis	Craniosynostoses Digestive System Abnormalities *Porokeratosis Anal Canal/abnormalities.
Craniosynostosis radial aplasia syndrome	*Craniosynostoses Radius/abnormalities.
Warman Mulliken Hayward syndrome	Craniosynostoses Seizures.	Am J Med Genet. 1993;46(4):444-9
Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type	Craniosynostoses Thanatophoric Dysplasia.
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive type	Craniofacial Dysostosis Craniosynostoses Brain/abnormalities Skull/abnormalities.
Iida Kannari syndrome	Cleft Palate Contracture Craniosynostoses Scoliosis Ear/abnormalities.
Mehta Lewis Patton syndrome	Anodontia Blepharoptosis Craniosynostoses Heart Defects, Congenital.
Hunter-McAlpine syndrome	Craniosynostoses Growth Disorders *Intellectual Disability.
Hordnes Engebretsen Knudtson syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Craniosynostoses Intellectual Disability Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.	Clin Genet. 1995;48(6):321-3
Cole Carpenter syndrome	Craniosynostoses Eye Abnormalities Hydrocephalus Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Piepkorn Karp Hickok syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Calcinosis Cleft Palate Craniosynostoses Syndactyly Urogenital Abnormalities *Cardiovascular Abnormalities Ribs/abnormalities Toes/abnormalities.
Craniotelencephalic dysplasia	*Craniosynostoses Brain/abnormalities.

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