Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 19, 2024
Preferred Name

scaphocephaly
Synonyms
Definitions

A condition in which the skull is abnormally long and narrow, as a result of premature closure of the sagittal suture, with heavy centers of ossification in the line of the suture; usually accompanied by inflammation and atrophy of the optic papillae and by mental retardation.

ID

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID5418

Comment

Gr. skaphe, boat

Definition

A condition in which the skull is abnormally long and narrow, as a result of premature closure of the sagittal suture, with heavy centers of ossification in the line of the suture; usually accompanied by inflammation and atrophy of the optic papillae and by mental retardation.

label

RID5418

Preferred_name

scaphocephaly

prefixIRI

RID1:RID5418

prefLabel

scaphocephaly

subClassOf

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID5403

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