Craniosynostosis is a birth defect in which one or more of the seams (sutures) in a baby’s skull close before the baby’s brain has fully formed. Normally, these sutures stay open until babies are ...

Metopic craniosynostosis is a rare condition in infants in which a certain part of the skull fuses earlier than it typically would. The condition can range from mild to severe and cause long-term ...

When a baby is first born, the skull is comprised of a few bone plates that gradually come together. As the child grows, the plates fuse together at the top of the head and a single bony structure, ...

Craniosynostosis is a rare condition in which a baby develops or is born with an unusually shaped skull. It happens when one or more of the natural spaces in the infant’s skull join together too early ...

Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the top of the skull in infants, is caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to a preclinical study led ...

Beckwith, J. Bruce. Bibliotheca Beckwithiana (unpublished), 67. SCDIRB copy 39088019621622 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries: The Beckwith-Browning-Peterson Teratology Collection. SCDIRB copy ...

Amy and Mike Howard went from a family of two to five in a matter of nine months. Then, their babies made medical history. Hunter, Jackson and Kaden appear to be the first-known case of triplets all ...

Researchers at MHH and LUH are looking for a way to prevent premature closure of the cranial sutures in newborns.

A young mum has revealed doctors dismissed her concerns over her son's oddly-shaped head before realising it was a medical emergency. Brittany Bevans, 29, says her son Louie was born with a rare ...

Craniosynostosis is the early fusion of the cranial sutures, which poses numerous diagnostic and medical complications. It is a frequent abnormality that affects 3–5 out of every 10,000 babies. Single ...