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Children with Suspected Craniosynostosis: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging

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Abstract

Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of the skull sutures. The resulting asymmetric calvarial growth causes characteristic cranial deformities. The clinical outcome varies between minor cosmetic deformity and dental malocclusion to severe head growth restriction with mental retardation and cranial palsies [1, 2].

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  1. Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA

    Daniel N. Vinocur

  2. Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA

    Daniel N. Vinocur

  3. Division of Neuroradiology-Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, 33155, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  4. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  5. Former Lecturer in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology-Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  2. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  3. Former Lecturer in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  4. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Pina C. Sanelli

  5. Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jeffrey G. Jarvik

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Vinocur, D.N., Medina, L.S. (2013). Children with Suspected Craniosynostosis: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging. In: Medina, L.S., Sanelli, P.C., Jarvik, J.G. (eds) Evidence-Based Neuroimaging Diagnosis and Treatment. Evidence-Based Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3320-0_22

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