Cephalic disorder involving premature fusion of the sagittal suture
Medical condition
Scaphocephaly
Boy with Scaphocephaly
Pronunciation
skaf-o-SEF-aly
Specialty
Medical genetics
Scaphocephaly, or sagittal craniosynostosis, is a type of cephalic disorder which occurs when there is a premature fusion of the sagittal suture. Premature closure results in limited lateral expansion of the skull resulting in a characteristic long, narrow head.[1] The skull base is typically spared.[2]
Scaphocephaly is the most common of the craniosynostosis conditions and accounts for approximately 50% of all craniosynostosis.[3] It is most commonly idiopathic (non-syndromic).
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the skull becomes long, narrow, and wedge-shaped, a condition called 'scaphocephaly'. In forensic anthropology, the sagittal suture is one method used to...
rare form of complex craniosynostosis (usually considered a form of scaphocephaly) in which the sagittal and metopic suture simultaneously close. Leptocephaly...
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