The misdiagnosis of craniosynostosis as deformational plagiocephaly

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-136

  Liu, Yuan ^a   Kadlub, Natacha ^a   Da Silva Freitas, Renato ^a   Persing, John A ^a   Duncan, Charles ^a   Shin, Joseph H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformational plagiocephaly; Lambdoid craniosynostosis; Misdiagnosis; Unilateral coronal craniosynostosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARIETAL BONE; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38549099532     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181655314     Document Type: Article

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