A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male
Abstract Background Scaphocephaly is a craniofacial anomaly where the skull is disproportionately long and narrow. Premature closure of the sagittal suture is thought to be at the core of the etiopathology for scaphocephaly. Case presentation The skull is a well-preserved skull found in an antiquate...
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| description | Abstract Background Scaphocephaly is a craniofacial anomaly where the skull is disproportionately long and narrow. Premature closure of the sagittal suture is thought to be at the core of the etiopathology for scaphocephaly. Case presentation The skull is a well-preserved skull found in an antiquated graveyard at Parkand village Daregaz, Iran, with no visible signs of surgical manipulation. The craniofacial indices were measured. The maximum cranial length was 200 mm, and the measured length of nasion-bregma was 140mm, whereas most of the measurements were less than the normal scaphocephalic indices. Another morphological finding was the flattening of the frontal bone. Conclusions The cranial vault morphometry and morphology of the presented case fit the scalp. In addition to the characteristics of scaphocephaly, the presented skull was of a rare trait, frontal flattening, which has not been reported before. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72f46667347a4b8d8702a6547ac7b92f2022-12-22T03:32:29ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences2090-59392022-10-011211610.1186/s41935-022-00303-4A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult maleShahriar Ahmadpour0Khadijeh Foghi1Anatomical Sciences Department, Medicine School, North Khorasan University of Medical SciencesAnatomical Sciences Department, Medicine School, North Khorasan University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Scaphocephaly is a craniofacial anomaly where the skull is disproportionately long and narrow. Premature closure of the sagittal suture is thought to be at the core of the etiopathology for scaphocephaly. Case presentation The skull is a well-preserved skull found in an antiquated graveyard at Parkand village Daregaz, Iran, with no visible signs of surgical manipulation. The craniofacial indices were measured. The maximum cranial length was 200 mm, and the measured length of nasion-bregma was 140mm, whereas most of the measurements were less than the normal scaphocephalic indices. Another morphological finding was the flattening of the frontal bone. Conclusions The cranial vault morphometry and morphology of the presented case fit the scalp. In addition to the characteristics of scaphocephaly, the presented skull was of a rare trait, frontal flattening, which has not been reported before.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-022-00303-4ScaphocephalyFrontal flatteningSkullDaregaz |
| spellingShingle | Shahriar Ahmadpour Khadijeh Foghi A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences Scaphocephaly Frontal flattening Skull Daregaz |
| title | A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male |
| title_full | A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male |
| title_fullStr | A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male |
| title_short | A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male |
| title_sort | rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male |
| topic | Scaphocephaly Frontal flattening Skull Daregaz |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-022-00303-4 |
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