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Setting Sun Sign

Inferior ocular deviation, typical of severe infantile hydrocephaly, less often associated with subdural haematomas. It is often accompanied by the ‘cracked-pot’ sign, prominent scalp veins, thinned and shiny skin, a high-pitched cry, and optic nerve atrophy, due to optic nerve and chiasm compression

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Pediatrics Inferior ocular deviation, typical of severe infantile hydrocephalus–occasionally seen in subdural hematomas; it is often accompanied by the 'cracked-pot' sign, prominant scalp veins, thinned and shiny skin, a high-pitched cry, and optic nerve atrophy, due to nerve and chiasm compression. See Hydrocephalus.

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