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Large head

Large head: Introduction

Large head: When a person has a larger than average head. See detailed information below for a list of 204 causes of Large head, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Large head:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Large head. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Hydrocephalus
• Acromegaly
• Proteus syndrome
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Large head: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Large head, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Large head and Head symptoms (199 causes)
• Large head and Swelling symptoms (199 causes)
• Large head and Swollen head (199 causes)
• Large head and Face symptoms (165 causes)
• Large head and Skeletal symptoms (155 causes)
• Large head and Developmental problems (148 causes)
• Large head and Bone symptoms (124 causes)
• Large head and Infant symptoms (117 causes)
• Large head and Eye symptoms (116 causes)
• Large head and Musculoskeletal symptoms (115 causes)
• Large head and Skull symptoms (107 causes)
• Large head and Growth symptoms (104 causes)
• Large head and Body symptoms (102 causes)
• Large head and Poor growth (101 causes)
• Large head and Nerve symptoms (101 causes)
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Large head: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Large head may include these symptoms:

• Head symptoms
• Swelling symptoms
• Swollen head
• Face symptoms
• Skeletal symptoms
• Developmental problems
• Bone symptoms
• Infant symptoms
• Eye symptoms
• Musculoskeletal symptoms
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Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Swollen head (607 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
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• Head
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
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• Head pain (182 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Large head

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Large head:

• Large feet (36 causes)
• Large hands
• Head swelling (2 causes)
• 3-M Syndrome
• 3C syndrome
• Achondrogenesis type 1A and 1B
• Achondrogenesis type 1B
• Achondrogenesis type 2
• Achondrogenesis
• Langer-Saldino Type
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Detailed list of causes of Large head

The list below shows some of the causes of Large head mentioned in various sources:

• 3-M Syndrome - large head
• 3C syndrome - large head
• Achondrogenesis type 1A and 1B - large head
• Achondrogenesis type 1B - large head
• Achondrogenesis type 2 - large head
• Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino Type - large head
• Achondrogenesis, type 4 - large head
• Achondroplasia - large head
• more causes...»

See full list of 204 causes of Large head

How Common are these Causes of Large head?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Large head. Of the 204 causes of Large head that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 2 causes are "rare" diseases
• 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 202 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 204 causes of Large head

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Large head:

The following list of conditions have 'Large head' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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• 3-M Syndrome ... large head
• 3C syndrome ... large head

A

• Achondrogenesis type 1A and 1B ... large head
• Achondrogenesis type 1B ... large head
• Achondrogenesis type 2 ... large head
• Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino Type ... large head
• Achondrogenesis, type 4 ... large head
• Achondroplasia ... large head
• Acromesomelic dysplasia ... large head
• Albers-Schonberg disease -- malignant recessive form ... large head
• Alpha-Mannosidosis ... large head
• Aplasia cutis congenita -- epibulbar dermoids ... large head
• Atkin-Flatiz syndrome ... large head
• Auriculo-condylar syndrome ... large head

B

• Bagatelle-Cassidy syndrome ... large head
• Bannayan-Zonana syndrome ... large head
• Benjamin syndrome ... large head
• Beveridge syndrome ... large head
• Bone dysplasia Moore type ... large head
• Bowing of Long Bones, Asymmetrical and Symmetrical ... large head

C

• Campomelic dwarfism ... large head
• Campomelic dysplasia ... large head
• Canavan leukodystrophy ... large head
• Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome ... large head
• Cephalopolysyndactyly ... large head
• Cerebral gigantism -- jaw cysts ... large head
• Chitayat-Moore-Del Bigio syndrome ... large head
• Chondrodysplasia, type Nance-Sweeney ... large head
• Chromosome 14q, terminal duplication ... large head
• Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome ... large head
• Chromosome 1q21.1 Duplication Syndrome ... large head
• Chromosome 4, Monosomy 4q ... large head
• Chromosome 5p duplication syndrome ... large head
• Chromosome 5p tetrasomy syndrome ... large head
• Chromosome 8p inverted duplication syndrome ... large head
• Clark-Baraitser syndrome ... large head
• Cohen-Hayden syndrome ... large head
• Collins-Sakati syndrome ... large head
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2D ... large head
• Congenital Gigantism with Skeletal Dysplasia ... large head
• Cooley syndrome ... large head
• Corpus callosum agenesis ... large head
• Cortical dysplasia -- focal epilepsy syndrome ... large head
• Costello syndrome ... large head
• Crane-Heise syndrome ... large head
• Cranio-facio-cardio-skeletal dysplasia ... large head
• Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, autosomal dominant ... large head
• Craniofaciocardioskeletal syndrome ... large head
• Craniometadiaphyseal dysplasia, wormian bone type ... large head
• Craniometaphyseal dysplasia dominant type ... large head
• Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive type ... large head
• Craniotubular syndrome ... large head

D

• Daish-Hardman-Lamont syndrome ... large head
• Dandy-Walker malformation with mental retardation, macrocephaly, myopia, and brachytelephalangy ... large head
• Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy ... large head
• Desmoplastic infantile ganglioma ... large head
• Diaphragmatic hernia -- exomphalos -- corpus callosum agenesis ... large head
• Dinno-Shearer-Weisskopf syndrome ... large head
• Dup (1) (q32-qter) and del (3)(pter-p25) ... large head
• Dup (1) (q42-qter) & del (18p) ... large head
• Dup(1) (p22.1-p13.3) ... large head
• Dysostosis acral with facial and genital abnormalities ... large head

E

• Ectodermal dysplasia -- mental retardation -- central nervous system malformation ... large head
• Ectodermal dysplasia with natal teeth, Turnpenny type ... large head
• Elattoproteus syndrome ... large head
• Epileptic encephalopathy, Lennox-Gastaut type ... large head
• Epimetaphyseal skeletal dysplasia ... large head
• Escobar syndrome, type B ... large head

F

• Faciooculoacousticorenal syndrome ... large head
• Familial porencephaly ... large head
• Faye-Petersen-Ward-Carey syndrome ... large head
• FG Syndrome ... large head
• FG syndrome 1 ... large head
• FG syndrome 2 ... large head
• FG syndrome 3 ... large head
• FG syndrome 4 ... large head
• FG syndrome 5 ... large head
• Frontonasal dysplasia -- phocomelic upper limbs ... large head
• Fryns macrocephaly ... large head

G

• Gigantism partial -- nevi -- hemihypertrophy -- macrocephaly ... large head
• Gingival fibromatosis -- facial dysmorphism ... large head
• Gloomy syndrome ... large head
• Glutaric aciduria 2 ... large head
• Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome ... large head

H

• Hurler syndrome ... Large head
• Hydrocephalus -- costovertebral dysplasia -- Sprengel anomaly ... large head
• Hydrocephalus -- growth delay -- skeletal anomalies ... large head
• Hydrocephalus -- growth retardation -- skeletal anomalies ... large head
• Hydrocephalus autosomal recessive ... large head
• Hydrocephalus due to congenital stenosis of aqueduct of sylvius ... large head
• Hypochondroplasia ... large head
• Hypomelanosis of Ito ... large head
• Hypothalamic hamartomas ... large head

I

• ICF syndrome ... large head
• Intellectual deficit -- cataracts -- calcified pinnae -- myopathy ... large head
• Iris coloboma, macrocephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, brachydactyly and mental retardation ... large head

K

• Kaler-Garrity-Stern syndrome ... large head
• Kenny-Caffey syndrome, Type 2 ... large head

L

• Le Marec-Bracq-Picaud syndrome ... large head
• Lethal chondrodysplasia, Moerman type ... large head
• Lobstein disease ... large head

M

• Macrocephaly -- mental retardation -- facial dysmorphism ... large head
• Macrocephaly -- short stature -- paraplegia ... large head
• Macrocephaly mesodermal hamartoma spectrum ... large head
• Macrocephaly pigmentation large hands feet ... large head
• Macrocephaly, facial abnormalities, disproportionate tall stature and mental retardation ... large head
• Macrocephaly, mental retardation, short stature, spastic paraplegia and CNS malformations ... large head
• Macrocephaly, rhizomelia and conductive hearing loss ... large head
• Mannosidosis, alpha B lysosomal ... large head
• Megalencephaly ... large head
• Mental retardation -- macrocephaly -- coarse facies -- hypotonia ... large head
• Mental retardation -- short stature -- cleft palate -- unusual facies ... large head
• Mental retardation cataracts calcified pinnae myopathy ... large head
• Mental retardation, macrocephaly, short stature and craniofacial dysmorphism ... large head
• Mental retardation, X-linked -- macrocephaly -- macro-orchidism ... large head
• Mental retardation, X-linked recessive -- macrocephaly -- ciliary dysfunction ... large head
• Mental retardation, X-linked, 2 ... large head
• Mental retardation, X-linked, 36 ... large head
• Mental retardation, X-linked, 93 ... large head
• Mental retardation, X-linked, 94 ... large head
• Metaphyseal dysostosis mental retardation conductive deafness ... large head
• MOMO syndrome ... large head
• Moore Smith Weaver syndrome ... large head
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- mild form ... large head
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3 ... large head
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type 7 Sly syndrome ... large head
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler syndrome ... large head
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler-Scheie syndrome ... large head
• Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III ... large head
• Muscular dystrophy -- white matter spongiosis ... large head
• Myopathy, congenital nonprogressive with Moebius and Robin sequences ... large head

N

• N-acetyl-alpha-glucosaminidase sulfamidase deficiency ... large head
• Nasopharyngeal teratoma with Dandy-Walker -- diaphragmatic hernia ... large head
• Neurofibromatosis syndrome ... large head
• Neurofibromatosis syndrome Type II ... large head
• Neurofibromatosis-2 ... large head
• Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome ... large head

O

• Opsismodysplasia ... large head
• OSMED, Homozygous ... large head
• Ossified Ear cartilages with Mental deficiency, Muscle Wasting and Bony Changes ... large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I ... large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta type IV ... Large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A ... large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1B ... large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2A ... large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 ... large head
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 ... large head
• Osteopetrosis lethal ... large head
• Osteoporosis -- macrocephaly -- blindness -- joint hyperlaxity ... large head
• Osteoporosis -- macrocephaly -- mental retardation -- blindness ... large head
• Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive ... large head
• Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, homozygous ... large head
• Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia ... large head

P

• Parkinsonism, early onset with mental retardation ... large head
• Parkinsonism, early-onset -- mental retardation ... large head
• Pectus excavatum macrocephaly dysplastic nails ... large head
• Peroxisomal bifunctional enzyme deficiency ... large head
• Pfeiffer-Hirschfelder-Rott syndrome ... large head
• Platyspondylic lethal chondrodysplasia ... large head
• Polydactyly visceral anomalies cleft lip palate ... large head
• Primrose Syndrome ... large head
• Proteus like syndrome mental retardation eye defect ... large head
• Proteus Syndrome ... large head
• PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome ... Large head
• Pyknoachondrogenesis ... large head
• Pyle disease ... large head

Q

• Quattrin mcpherson syndrome ... large head

R

• Radioulnar synostosis mental retardation hypotonia ... large head
• Reynolds-Neri-Hermann syndrome ... large head
• Robinow syndrome, autosomal recessive ... large head
• Robinow syndrome, recessive form ... large head
• Robinow-like syndrome ... large head
• Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith Syndrome ... large head

S

• Sandhoff Disease ... large head
• Say-Carpenter syndrome ... large head
• Schaefer-Stein-Oshman syndrome ... large head
• Schneckenbecken dysplasia ... large head
• Scoliosis as part of NF ... large head
• Short limb dwarf lethal, Mcalister Crane type ... large head
• Short limb dwarfism, Al Gazali type ... large head
• Short stature -- hyperkaliemia -- acidosis ... large head
• Short stature, Brussels type ... large head
• Simpson Dysmorphia Syndrome ... Large head
• Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome ... large head
• Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 2 ... large head
• Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type ... large head
• Soto's Syndrome ... large head
• Spinocerebellar ataxia-dysmorphism syndrome ... large head
• Sponastrime dysplasia ... large head
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with multiple dislocations ... large head
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... large head
• Symphalangism with multiple anomalies of hands and feet ... large head

T

• Thanatophoric dysplasia ... Large head
• Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1 ... large head
• Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2 ... large head
• Thin ribs -- tubular bones -- dysmorphism ... large head
• Tollner-Horst-Manzke syndrome ... large head
• Trigonomacrocephaly -- tibial defect -- polydactyly ... large head

U

• Unusual facies, hypotonia, mental retardation and radioulnar synostosis ... large head
• Unusual facies, macrocephaly, aplasia of corpus callosum, seizures, hypertrichosis, claw hands and overlapping fingers ... large head

W

• Waaler Aarskog syndrome ... large head
• Weaver Syndrome ... large head

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Classifications of Large head:

Medical Conditions associated with Large head:

Swollen head (607 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)

Symptoms related to Large head:

Large feet (36 causes), Large hands, Head swelling (2 causes), 3-M Syndrome, 3C syndrome, Achondrogenesis type 1A and 1B, Achondrogenesis type 1B, Achondrogenesis type 2, Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino Type

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