Craniosynostosis is a birth defect in which one or more of the seams (sutures) in a baby’s skull close before the baby’s brain has fully formed. Normally, these sutures stay open until babies ...

They may be doing helmet therapy or cranial orthosis. Some babies who require helmet therapy have a condition called craniosynostosis. Our skull is made up of five thin, bony plates. These plates ...

Metopic craniosynostosis is a rare condition in infants in which a certain part of the skull fuses earlier than it typically would. The condition can range from mild to severe and cause long-term ...

Craniosynostosis is a rare condition in which a baby develops or is born with an unusually shaped skull. It happens when one or more of the natural spaces in the infant’s skull join together too ...

Craniosynostosis is a birth defect that affects one in every 2,500 live births. A newborn with the condition has a misshapen skull because one or more sutures closed too soon. My son was born with ...

Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the top of the skull in infants, is caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to a preclinical study ...

"Unfortunately, in some babies some of these bones fuse prematurely." The premature fusion of skull bones is a condition known as craniosynostosis. This condition can cause a range of problems ¾ from ...

But at Matthew's two-month doctor's visit, the family got some very upsetting news: Matthew's oddly-shaped head was a sign of craniosynostosis, a serious condition that prevents a baby's brain ...