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Skull deformity

Skull deformity: Introduction

Skull deformity: A condition which is characterized by a deformity that is located in the skull. See detailed information below for a list of 125 causes of Skull deformity, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Skull deformity:

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

• Treacher Collins syndrome
• Severe burns (type of Burns)
• Dolichocephaly
• Macrocephaly
• Microcephaly
• Scaphocephaly
• Penetrating injury
• Road traffic accidents
• Maxillary hypoplasia
• more causes...»

See full list of 125 causes of Skull deformity

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Skull deformity: Symptom Checker

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

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• Skull deformity and Head symptoms (105 causes)
• Skull deformity and Skeletal symptoms (104 causes)
• Skull deformity and Skull symptoms (104 causes)
• Skull deformity and Deformity symptoms (102 causes)
• Skull deformity and Bone symptoms (100 causes)
• Skull deformity and Developmental problems (83 causes)
• Skull deformity and Face symptoms (79 causes)
• Skull deformity and Infant symptoms (70 causes)
• Skull deformity and Growth symptoms (65 causes)
• Skull deformity and Poor growth (64 causes)
• Skull deformity and Eye symptoms (61 causes)
• Skull deformity and Limb symptoms (61 causes)
• Skull deformity and Mouth symptoms (51 causes)
• Skull deformity and Respiratory symptoms (51 causes)
• Skull deformity and Leg symptoms (50 causes)
• Skull deformity and Musculoskeletal symptoms (50 causes)
• Skull deformity and Body symptoms (49 causes)
• Skull deformity and Foot symptoms (49 causes)
• Skull deformity and Nerve symptoms (47 causes)
• Skull deformity and Nose symptoms (45 causes)
• more...»

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Skull deformity Treatments

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Stories from Users for Skull deformity

Real-life user stories relating to Skull deformity:

• Protrustion of my skull?
• Bump on the edge of my skull

Skull deformity: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Skull deformity may include these symptoms:

• Head symptoms
• Skeletal symptoms
• Skull symptoms
• Deformity symptoms
• Bone symptoms
• Developmental problems
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• Deformity symptoms (1826 causes)
• Skull symptoms (1970 causes)
• Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
• Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Skull
• Skull symptoms (1970 causes)
• Skull pain (11 causes)
• Deformity (1826 causes)
• Deformity symptoms (1826 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Skull deformity

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Skull deformity:

• Birth defects (398 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• Head injury (3 causes)
• Hydrocephaly (137 causes)
• Scaphiocephaly
• Brachicephaly
• Hydrocephalus (227 causes)
• Congenital abnormalities
• more symptoms...»

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Causes of Skull deformity listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Skull deformity as a symptom include:

• Adams-Oliver syndrome
• Bahima disease
• Bruch-de Lange syndrome
• Cleidocranial dysplasia
• Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome
• Neutrophilia, hereditary
• Opitz trigonocephaly syndrome
• Schinzel-Giedion midface-retraction syndrome
• Schizencephaly
• more causes...»

See full list of 125 causes of Skull deformity
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Detailed list of causes of Skull deformity

The list below shows some of the causes of Skull deformity mentioned in various sources:

• 4p16.3 deletion - cranial asymmetry
• 7p2 Monosomy Syndrome - abnormal skull shape
• Acalvaria - absence of skull cap
• Acetaminophen -- Teratogenic Agent - craniofacial anomalies
• Acitretin- Teratogenic Agent - craniofacial anomalies
• Acrocephalopolydactyly - abnormal skull shape
• more causes...»

See full list of 125 causes of Skull deformity

How Common are these Causes of Skull deformity?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Skull deformity. Of the 125 causes of Skull deformity that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 121 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 125 causes of Skull deformity

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Skull deformity:

The following list of conditions have 'Skull deformity' 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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• 4p16.3 deletion ... cranial asymmetry
• 7p2 Monosomy Syndrome ... abnormal skull shape

A

• Acalvaria ... absence of skull cap
• Acetaminophen -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies
• Acitretin- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies
• Acrocephalopolydactyly ... abnormal skull shape
• Acroosteolysis dominant type ... skull deformity
• Acrosphenosyndactylia ... abnormal skull shape
• Alcohol -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies
• Anencephaly ... absence of skull bone normally surrounding the brain
• Anophthalmia -- megalocornea -- cardiopathy -- skeletal anomalies ... asymmetrical skull
• Apert syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Arena syndrome ... craniofacial anomalies
• Armendares syndrome ... asymmetrical skull
• Aspartylglucosaminidase deficiency ... asymmetrical skull
• Aspartylglucosaminuria ... asymmetrical skull
• Aspartylglycosaminuria ... asymmetrical skull
• Autosomal Recessive Tetra-Amelia ... craniofacial anomalies

B

• Baker-Vinters syndrome ... craniofacial anomalies
• Basilar impression primary ... asymmetrical skull
• Biaxin -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies
• Bone fragility, craniosynostosis, proptosis, hydrocephalus ... abnormal skull shape

C

• Canavan leukodystrophy ... abnormal skull bone fusion
• Cephalic disorders ... abnormal skull shape
• Christian-Demyer-Franken syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 11, deletion 11p ... Cranial asymmetry
• Chromosome 11p, partial deletion ... craniofacial anomalies
• Chromosome 13q duplication syndrome ... cranial anomalies
• Chromosome 15q tetrasomy syndrome ... cranial asymmetry
• Chromosome 15q, tetrasomy ... Cranial asymmetry
• Chromosome 22, trisomy ... cranial asymmetry
• Chromosome 4 short arm deletion ... Cranial asymmetry
• Chromosome 4, Monosomy Distal 4q ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 4p deletion syndrome ... cranial asymmetry
• Chromosome 6pter-p24 Deletion Syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 7, Monosomy 7p2 ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 7, Partial Deletion of Short Arm ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 7, partial monosomy 7p ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 7, terminal 7p deletion ... abnormal skull shape
• Chromosome 7, trisomy 7p ... Asymmetric skull
• Chromosome 7p duplication syndrome ... asymmetric skull
• Chromosome 8, monosomy 8p ... craniofacial anomalies
• Chromosome 9 inversion or duplication ... craniofacial anomalies
• Chromosome 9, Trisomy 9p (Multiple Variants) ... broad skull
• Chromosome 9/mosaic ... asymmetrical skull, craniofacial anomalies
• Chronic Alcoholism -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies
• Clarithromycin -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies
• Congenital craniosynostosis maternal hyperthyroiditis ... abnormal skull shape
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H ... asymmetric skull
• Congenital heart disease, ptosis, hypodontia, craniosynostosis ... abnormal skull shape
• Craniosynostosis exostoses nevus epibulbar dermoid ... craniofacial anomalies
• Craniosynostosis Fontaine type ... abnormal skull shape
• Craniosynostosis, anal anomalies, and porokeratosis ... abnormal skull shape
• Craniotelencephalic dysplasia ... abnormal skull shape
• Crixan -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies

D

• Del (3) (pter-25) ... asymmetrical skull
• Deletion 10pter ... abnormal skull shape
• Deletion 11p ... Cranial asymmetry
• Deletion 4p ... Cranial asymmetry
• Deletion 8p ... craniofacial anomalies
• Dup (2) (q32-qter) and del (7) (pter-p22) ... abnormal skull shape
• Dup(1) (q11-q25) mosaicism ... asymmetrical skull
• Duplication 7p ... Asymmetric skull

E

• Emanuel syndrome ... broad skull
• Encephalo cranio cutaneous lipomatosis ... asymmetrical skull

F

• Fibromatosis gingival -- hypertrichosis ... cranial deformities
• Fraser-like syndrome ... craniofacial anomalies
• Froster-Iskenius-Waterson syndrome ... abnormal skull shape

G

• Genoa syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Gracile bone dysplasia ... abnormal skull shape
• Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency ... abnormal skull growth

H

• Herrmann Opitz arthrogryposis syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Hydrocephalus -- craniosynostosis -- bifid nose ... abnormal skull shape
• Hydrolethalus syndrome ... cleft in base of skull
• Hypophosphatemic rickets ... abnormal skull development

I

• Iida-Kannari syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Infex -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies

K

• Kenny-Caffey Syndrome ... craniofacial disproportion
• Kenny-Caffey syndrome, Type 1 ... craniofacial disproportion
• Kenny-Caffey syndrome, Type 2 ... craniofacial disproportion
• Klaricid -- Teratogenic Agent ... craniofacial anomalies

L

• Laron Dwarfism ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron Pituitary Dwarfism ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron Syndrome ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron syndrome type 1 ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron syndrome type 2 ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron Type Pituitary Dwarfism 1 ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron-type dwarfism ... abnormal skull growth
• Laron-type Dwarfism Phenotypic Syndrome ... abnormal skull growth

M

• Maroteaux-Fonfria syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• McCune-Albright Syndrome ... skull deformity
• Meier-Rotschild syndrome ... craniofacial anomalies
• Mental retardation, macrocephaly, short stature and craniofacial dysmorphism ... craniofacial dysmorphism

O

• Oculopalatoskeletal syndrome ... asymmetrical skull, abnormal skull shape

P

• Partial 7p Monosomy ... abnormal skull shape
• Primary craniosynostosis ... abnormal skull shape

R

• Ramban-Hasharon syndrome ... craniofacial dysmorphism

S

• Spherophakia brachymorphia syndrome ... broad skull
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... asymmetric skull

T

• Thalassemia ... skull deformity
• Thanos-Stewart-Zonana Syndrome ... craniofacial anomalies
• Theodor-Hertz-Goodman syndrome ... abnormal skull shape
• Triploid syndrome ... aberrant skull shape
• Trisomy 18 mosaicism ... abnormal skull shape

W

• WAGR Syndrome ... cranial asymmetry, asymmetrical skull
• Weill-Marchesani Syndrome ... Broad skull
• Wilms tumor -- aniridia -- genitourinary anomalies -- mental retardation ... asymmetrical skull

Conditions listing medical complications: Skull deformity:

The following list of medical conditions have Skull deformity or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

T

• Thalassemia ... skull deformity

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What are the alternative names for Skull deformity:

Skull abnormality
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Classifications of Skull deformity:

Medical Conditions associated with Skull deformity:

Head symptoms (10192 causes), Deformity symptoms (1826 causes), Skull symptoms (1970 causes), Bone symptoms (2907 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)

Symptoms related to Skull deformity:

Birth defects (398 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Head injury (3 causes), Hydrocephaly (137 causes), Scaphiocephaly, Brachicephaly, Hydrocephalus (227 causes), Congenital abnormalities

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Skull deformity

Medical research papers related to Skull deformity include:

• In premature babies with plagiocephaly does helmet moulding, compared to other treatments, improve outcomes?
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• Craniosynostosis (Diagnosis)
• A 2 year old with slightly asymetrical skull has been told he has plagiocephaly. Parents want something doing about it. What can be done, if anything, to correct his skull asymetry?
• Congenital Syndromes
• Hypophosphataemic Rickets
• Craniosynostosis (Follow-up)
• Torticollis (Follow-up)

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