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a long narrow head shape secondary to premature fusion of the sagittal suture (Fig.1). Scaphocephaly is usually isolated and not associated with syndromes.
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Scaphocephaly, Fig. 1 (a) Frontal and (b) lateral skull radiographs of a boy with sagittal suture stenosis. The long, narrow head is noted on the lateral radiograph. The stenosed suture is seen as the increased density seen centrally on the AP radiograph. This child also has deformity of the sphenoidal bone but this is not normally part of scaphocephaly.
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