Acta Med. 2006, 49: 219-226
Paleopathological Findings of Dry Skulls with Plagiocephaly
In literature, plagiocephaly is defined as abnormal asymmetrical head shape with unilateral flattening of the anterior and/or posterior part of the skull. It is classified as synostotic or deformational. Synostotic plagiocephaly is the result of premature unilateral fusion of neurocranim sutures. Positional plagiocephaly is caused by asymmetrical intrauterine and/or postnatal external forces. The authors report findings of both types of plagiocephaly in the dry skull collection from pertaining Broumov Ossuary (13th–18th century), Czech Republic. In the paper, the incidence of paleopathological asymmetrical skull deformities is discussed in the context with recent clinical data.
Keywords
Plagiocephaly, Craniosynostosis, Synostotic plagiocephaly, Unicoronal synostosis, Unilambdoid synostosis, Deformational plagiocephaly, Paleopathology.
Funding
The work was partially supported by the Ministry of Education Grant Agency (Grant No. 2532/F3/02).
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