kleeblattschädel

kleeblattschädel /klee·blatt·schä·del/ (kla´blaht-sha´d'l) [Ger.] cloverleaf skull; a congenital anomaly in which there is intrauterine synostosis of multiple or all cranial sutures.

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Cloverleaf Skull Syndrome

A condition characterised by a deformity of the cranial vault in which a frontal film demonstrates a tri-lobed appearance caused by premature closure of the sutures, which is accompanied by hydrocephaly
Aetiology Thanatophoric dwarfism [MIM 148800], accompanied by a prominent forehead, depressed nasal bridge, shortened limbs, bowing of femora, epiphyseal cupping, flattened vertebral bodies, achondroplasia-like pelvis, often, but not invariably, associated with mental retardation

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kleeblattschädel [kla″blaht-sha´del] (Ger.)

cloverleaf skull; a congenital anomaly in which there is intrauterine synostosis of multiple or all cranial sutures.