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Question 1

most common cause of FTT

Answer 1

inorganic cause, like disturbed parent-child bond

Question 2

almost all head growth occurs when

Answer 2

prenatally and first two years of life

Question 3

microcephaly

Answer 3

head is 2-3 SDs below the mean

Question 4

cranosynostosis

Answer 4

premature closure of one or more sutures

Question 5

premature closure of coronal suture

Answer 5

brachycephaly (shortened skull)

Question 6

premature closure of sagittal suture

Answer 6

most common! Causes dolicocephaly aka scaphocephaly (elongated skull);

Question 7

what do you know about brachycephaly?

Answer 7

more common in boys and associated with neurologic complications like optic nerve atrophy

Question 8

premature closure of metopic suture

Answer 8

triangular head (trigonocephaly)

Question 9

how do you manage craniosynostosis

Answer 9

surgical repair, usually when cosmetic concerns are signif

Question 10

plagiocephaly

Answer 10

assymetry of the head not associated with premature closure of sutures

Question 11

positional plagiocephaly

Answer 11

flatening of the occiput, prominence of the ipsilateral frontal area; looks like a parallelogram from the top