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The cloverleaf skull
Author(s) -
Yujnovsky Osvaldo,
Nyhan Willlam L.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1978.tb02126.x
Subject(s) - skull , abnormality , medicine , craniosynostoses , anatomy , synostosis , psychiatry
A patient presented with the cloverleaf skull, or Kleeblattschadel abnormality. He had a typical trilobed skull with synostosis and a honeycomb appearance on roentgenograms. He had no extracranial skeletal anomalies. The infant died at 1 month of age.