Lambdoid craniosynostosis. A 3D-computerized tomographic approach.
From a series of eleven children aged from 4 months to eight years presenting with a parieto-occipital flattening that was unilateral in nine and bilateral in two, we attempted to determine a 3D-CT semeiology able to demonstrate the presence of a lambdoid suture synostosis, as well as the participation of coronal and lambdoid sutures in the genesis of complex cranial malformations. Pure isolated forms of lambdoid synostosis are rare and justify a surgical treatment for cosmetic purposes if the deformation is severe and progressive.
Service de Neuroradiologie, CMC Gui de Chauliac, CHR Montpellier.
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Leboucq
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Montoya
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Martinez
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Castan
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Bourbotte
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*