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Microcephaly (from Neo-Latin microcephalia, from Ancient Greek μικρός mikrós "small" and κεφαλή kephalé "head" [2]) is a medical condition involving a smaller-than-normal head. [3] Microcephaly may be present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life. [ 3 ]
She menstruated but once in her life. She died of bulbar paralysis in her 59th year. Head measurements: front occipital diameter, 534 inches; transverse diameter, 412 inches; largest circumference, 16 inches; over head from ears, 8 inches. The head tapered so much that the whole cal- varium could be easily grasped in one hand. Her weight was 9312
Microcephaly is determined by comparing head circumference (often called occipitofrontal circumference, or OFC) to appropriate OFC growth charts. [14] Other structural impairments must be observed through medical imaging techniques by a trained physician. Because imaging procedures are expensive and relatively inaccessible to most people ...
Achalasia microcephaly; Chest x-ray of an individual with achalasia. The arrows point to the areas of extreme esophageal dilation. Symptoms: Manifestation of achalasia: regurgitation, vomiting and dysphagia, alongside diagnosis of microcephaly: abnormally small head size below the third percentile as well as mild to moderate mental retardation.
Infants with GLUT1 deficiency syndrome have a normal head size at birth, but the growth of the brain and skull is slow, in severe cases resulting in an abnormally small head size (microcephaly). [4] Typically, seizures start between one and four months in 90% of cases with abnormal eye movements and apneic episodes preceding the onset of ...
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Syndromes with microcephaly (42 P) Pages in category "Syndromes affecting head size" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Cephalic index viewed from above the head. The cephalic index or cranial index is a number obtained by taking the maximum width (biparietal diameter or BPD, side to side) of the head of an organism, multiplying it by 100 and then dividing it by their maximum length (occipitofrontal diameter or OFD, front to back). The index was once used to ...