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BRACHYCEPHALY

“ Bilateral lambdoid or coronal synostosis giving a short, wide head.  Accounts for 20% of synostoses.  May  cause a Harlequin eye deformity...

Bilateral lambdoid or coronal synostosis giving a short, wide head. 
Accounts for 20% of synostoses. 
May cause a Harlequin eye deformity. 
Associated with a higher incidence of neurological abnormalities compared to scaphocephaly. 
Lateral skull x-ray showing enlargement of the skull with fusion of the coronal sutures and frontal bossing. This form of craniosynostosis is known as brachycephaly.