Head Shape Evaluation in Infants and Young Children

A baby's head shape changes dramatically over the first year of life — and parents and pediatricians both need to know when those changes are normal and when they signal something that needs attention. This clinical reference, prepared by G. Kyle Fulton, MD, FAAP, Medical Director of the Children's Hospital of New Orleans Craniofacial Center, walks through normal skull anatomy and fontanelle closure, the systematic head shape exam, and how to distinguish positional plagiocephaly from the four single-suture craniosynostoses — sagittal, metopic, unicoronal, and lambdoid. Originally presented at the LA AAP's Red Stick Potpourri CME conference.

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