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Craniosynostosis is the term with which doctors refer to an "anomaly of the skull, due to the premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures.
Cranial sutures are the fibrous joints that join the bones of the cranial vault together (i.e. the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital bones).
Craniosynostosis can be an isolated phenomenon (non-syndromic craniosynostosis) or the result of some particular morbid conditions (syndromic craniosynostosis). Among the morbid conditions that cause premature fusion of the cranial sutures, the best known are: Crouzon's syndrome and Apert's syndrome.
With premature fusion of the cranial sutures, the brain structures do not have the appropriate space to grow. This has various consequences, including mainly the increase in intracranial pressure (intracranial hypertension).
A timely and accurate diagnosis allows you to plan a treatment ad hoc. The latter is of a surgical type and has as its final objective the separation of the fusing sutures early.
