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ArticleCureus2024

Exploring Visual Outcomes in Late-Presenting Multisuture Craniosynostosis: A Case Report.

Arumugam Balraj, Harini Ravikumar

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Arumugam BalrajNeuro Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Puducherry, IND.
Harini RavikumarNeuro Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Puducherry, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A five-year-old female came with a history of frequent rubbing of the right eye and noticed prolonged elevation of her head since birth, informed by her mother. On ocular examination, the best corrected visual acuity shown in the right eye was 1/60, and the left eye was 6/6, with proptosis in both eyes. Fundus examination showed both eyes having pale discs. General assessment of the patient shows a high, peaked forehead and a shortened, pointed head shape suggestive of oxycephaly. Immediate neuroimaging revealed premature closure of skull bones with narrowing of orbit apex leading to bilateral compressive optic neuropathy, which is suggestive of craniosynostosis. Frontal advancement surgery was done for oxycephaly to relieve compression to the optic nerve. Post-surgery vision improved to 6/24 in the right eye. Recent advancements in surgical techniques and a collaborative team-based approach have significantly enhanced the safety and outcomes of this disease.

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compressive optic neuropathycraniosynostosisfrontal advancement surgeryoptic atrophyoxycephalyproptosis

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PMID39759746
PMCPMC11698544

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