Is Plagiocephaly Ever a Birth Deformity?
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part being disturbed at the expense of another to the ultimate perfecting of the organism, that is to say, towards maturity, in other words, until the individual is capable of reproducing the species. Development, though a continuous process, naturally divides itself into intrauterine and extrauterine stages, a clinically useful division spoken of obstetrically as antenatal and postnatal. Each period has its particular dangers and between them lies the period of birth, again with its own peculiar risks. Some parts of the embryo are only of antenatal significance, e.g., certain channels in relation with the
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Correction of Maxillofacial Deformities in a Patient with Unilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis (Plagiocephaly): A Case Report and a Review of Literatures
Plagiocephaly (oblique skull) is premature fusion of one of the coronal sutures. Frontal plagiocephaly is a rare congenital deformity in the skull that is the most complicated form of craniosynostosis to treat. Examination of all sutures is necessary for diagnosis of craniosynostosis In this article, a 10-month-old, healthy girl with deformity of the right forehead and orbit that is caused by f...
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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...
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دوره 45 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017