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Pediatrics JIPMER 2018 130e6068

Most common cause of craniosynostosis is?

A
Plagiocephaly
B
Brachycephaly
C
Scaphocephaly
D
Trigonocephaly
High-Yield Explanation
Craniosynostosis refers to the premature fusion of cranial sutures resulting in abnormal head shapes since the brain cannot grow normally. Dolichocephaly/ scaphocephaly- it is premature fusion of the sagittal suture resulting in increased anteroposterior diameter (mc type) Brachycephaly- is premature fusion of the coronal suture, resulting in square type of brain Trigonocephaly - is premature fusion of the metopic suture, resulting in triangular type of brain Turricephaly/ oxycephaly- is premature fusion of sphenofrontal/ sphenoethmoidal suture, Plagiocephaly: it is not a type of craniosynostosis but Asymmetric head shape due to any pathology.

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