Oxycephaly (Turricephaly)

Oxycephaly is a rare congenital disease characterized by an abnormal shape of the skull. With this disease, the skull has an elongated turret-like (turret-shaped) shape.

The cause of oxycephaly is disturbances in the development of the skull bones in the early stages of the embryonic period. Due to premature fusion of bones, the skull becomes elongated in height and narrowed in width.

Clinical manifestations of oxycephaly include increased head circumference, protrusion of the forehead and occiput. Sometimes exophthalmos (protrusion of the eyeballs) is observed.

Diagnosis is based on the analysis of external signs and X-ray data of the skull.

Treatment is mainly surgical and involves correcting the shape of the skull. The prognosis depends on the severity of the anomaly and the presence of concomitant malformations of the brain. With isolated oxycephaly, the prognosis is favorable.

Oxycephalies

Oxycelification (oxycephalophilia, oxycephalia), Turricephalia (Latin turris - “shoe”, Latin cephalia - “head”), also oxycephaly, bash-cephalia - a congenital hollow funnel-shaped deformation of the head in an infant. Named after the French anatomist J. E. Tanisse. Oxycephali is a rare hereditary disease in which the shape of the fetus becomes cylindrical, giving the appearance of pedunculated heads ("ox-heads", hence the name). This is a hyperdiagnostic name for another commonly used term, ox-head. head-cesarean. The following factors are possible in the appearance of oxycephaly:

Minor head injuries during pregnancy. Uterine tone. Mother's mood swings, her experiences. For example, stress.