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The scaphocephalic skull of an adult male
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Abstract
The paper presents abnormal craniofacial morphology of an adult male afflicted with premature closure of the sagittal suture. The skull is well preserved and there are no visible traits of surgical management which would be aimed to correctcranial deformation. In consequence of the restricted cranial development, some diameters of the skull were significantly altered. Basically, cranial vault morphology fits apparently to the scaphocephaly, whereas the basic ranium and viscerocranium are altered only in minor degree.
Abstract
The paper presents abnormal craniofacial morphology of an adult male afflicted with premature closure of the sagittal suture. The skull is well preserved and there are no visible traits of surgical management which would be aimed to correctcranial deformation. In consequence of the restricted cranial development, some diameters of the skull were significantly altered. Basically, cranial vault morphology fits apparently to the scaphocephaly, whereas the basic ranium and viscerocranium are altered only in minor degree.
Keywords
craniosynostosis, sagittal synostosis, sagittal suture
Title
The scaphocephalic skull of an adult male
Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
92-98
Published online
2014-02-28
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DOI
10.5603/FM.2014.0014
Bibliographic record
Folia Morphol 2014;73(1):92-98.
Keywords
craniosynostosis
sagittal synostosis
sagittal suture
Authors
J. Skrzat
B. Stepańczak
J. Walocha