CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS-SYNDACTYLISM

A Case of Syndactylism

The development of bovine syndactylism.

Despite its cloven hooves, the normal cow, like other ruminants, shows a mild degree of syndactylism. In the adult, metacarpalia and metatarsalia III and IV are intimately fused with each other to form the cannon bone, but they arise as separate blastemata which undergo separate chondrification. Inherited syndactylism with a single hoof on the forelimbs and occasionally also on the hindlimbs ha...

Craniosynostosis

DESCRIPTION An 8-month-old baby boy presents with trigonocephaly and undergoes anterior cranial vault reconstruction for metopic craniosynostosis.

Craniosynostosis.

Skull deformity in infants continues to be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Deformational plagiocephaly is a common and somewhat benign cause of skull deformity in infants that must be distinguished from the more serious craniosynostosis, which occurs alone or as a syndrome. Examining an infant's head from above can help the physician distinguish true lambdoid synostosis from deformation...

Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis.

Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis is more commonly encountered than syndromic cases in pediatric craniofacial surgery. Affected children display characteristic phenotypes according to the suture or sutures involved. Restricted normal growth of the skull can lead to increased intracranial pressure and changes in brain morphology, which in turn may contribute to neurocognitive deficiency. Management ...