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Dolichocephaly and Scaphocephaly

• Dolichocephaly (Greek, dolikhos = long) and scaphocephaly (Greek, scaphe = boat)
• cranial vault deformities that result from premature fusion of the sagittal suture.
• resultant increase in the anterior-posterior dimension.
• restriction of biparietal growth.

3DCT volume rendered images. Left anterior (A), posterior (B) and endocranial (C) images

• white arrows - show fusion and prominent ridging of the sagittal suture
• *frontal and occipital bossing

Also note the increased anterior-posterior dimension and restricted biparietal diameter.

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Reference

<pubmed>21431034</pubmed>| PMC3056371 | Indian J Radiol Imaging.

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