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ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2020

Abnormal Cranial Shape Preceding Radiographic Evidence of Craniosynostosis.

Josie Z Fazzino, Esperanza Mantilla-Rivas, Joseph H Talbet, Elina Kapoor, Monica Manrique, Jennifer L McGrath, Suresh N Magge, Albert K Oh, Gary F Rogers

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Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Josie Z FazzinoDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Esperanza Mantilla-RivasDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Joseph H TalbetDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Elina KapoorDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Monica ManriqueDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Jennifer L McGrathDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Suresh N MaggeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Albert K OhDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Gary F RogersDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. and.
Children's National · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Premature fusion of a cranial suture is known to result in characteristic changes in the head shape, even when the synostosis involves only part of the suture. We report an unusual case of a patient seen at the age of 2 months for an abnormal head shape that was present at birth. The phenotype was consistent with an isolated fusion of the frontosphenoidal suture, but the suture was open on a high-resolution computed tomography scan finding. There was no improvement in cranial form after 6 months of helmet therapy, and a follow-up computed tomography scan image taken at age 10 months showed the development of bilateral isolated frontosphenoidal synostosis. This case highlights that an abnormal head shape may, in some patients, predate radiographic evidence of craniosynostosis.

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