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Oxycephaly, also known as turricephaly, acrocephaly,〔 hypsicephaly,〔 oxycephalia,〔 steeple head,〔 tower head,〔 tower skull, high-head syndrome and Turmschädel, is a type of cephalic disorder where the top of the skull is pointed or conical due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/oxycephaly )〕 or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures.〔 It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly is the most severe of the craniosynostoses. ==Common associations== It may be associated with: * 8th cranial nerve lesion * Optic nerve compression * Mental retardation * Syndactyly 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「oxycephaly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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