Abstract
A craniofacial condition involves both the cranium, with its contents, and the face. Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of cranial sutures. The overall prevalence of craniosynostosis has been estimated at between 1 in 2100 and 1 in 2500 live births. It is most often an isolated finding, affecting the sagittal or coronal sutures, but can also occur as part of a syndrome, with additional findings such as limb abnormalities and developmental delay. It is termed ‘simple’ synostosis if a single suture is involved. All multiple suture synostoses (‘complex’ cases) are syndromic. More than a hundred syndromes associated with craniosynostosis have been described. The commoner ones are described in this chapter.
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Gruber, E.A., Dover, M.S. (2019). Craniofacial Syndromes. In: Carachi, R., Doss, S. (eds) Clinical Embryology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26158-4_16
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