Open AccessAnterior fontanelle closure and diagnosis of non-syndromic craniosynostosis: a comparative study using computed tomography
Author(s) -
Leopoldo Mandic Ferreira Furtado,
José Aloysio da Costa Val Filho,
Letícia Silveira Freitas,
Aieska Kellen Dantas dos Santos
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jornal de pediatria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4782
pISSN - 0021-7557
DOI - 10.1016/j.jped.2021.10.004
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior fontanelle , neurosurgery , pediatrics , craniosynostosis , referral , fontanelle , neuroradiology , cohort , trigonocephaly , incidence (geometry) , surgery , hydrocephalus , neurology , physics , family medicine , psychiatry , optics
Suspicion of early anterior fontanel (AF) closure is a common reason for referral to a pediatric neurosurgeon because of the suspected increased risk of developing craniosynostosis (CS) in spite of the absence of evidence in the literature. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between AF closure and the diagnosis of non-syndromic CS in Brazilian children.