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The ultrasonic detection of an isolated craniosynostosis |
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| Authors: | L I Van Der Ham T E Cohen-Overbeek H D Y Paz Geuze Chr Vermeij-Keers MD PhD |
| Institution: | 1. Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Anatomy, Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;2. Division of Prenatal Diagnosis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Neurosurgery, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | The prenatal detection of scaphocephaly, an isolated form of craniosynostosis, is presented. The diagnosis was made at 34 weeks of gestation in a woman with polyhydramnios. The ultrasound appearance and postnatal follow-up are presented. |
| Keywords: | isolated craniosynostosis scaphocephaly prenatal diagnosis |