The clinical picture of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis in children

OBJECTIVE: to study clinical presentations of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (NCS) in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Authors analyzed 56 cases of different forms of NCS. To verify the diagnosis, all children underwent computed tomography with 3D cranial reconstruction. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The distribution of diagnoses was as follows: scaphocephaly - 28 (50%) patients, trigonocephaly - 21 (38%), different forms of plagiocephaly - 7 (12%). On admission to the hospital, 25 (43%) patients were diagnosed with perinatal CNS damage, 10 (18%) were born premature, 33 (59%) had neurological deviations. The clinical picture of NCS was polymorphic that might explain an increase in the number of children with late-diagnosed craniosynostosis. The early diagnosis of NCS which is the basis for using less invasive surgical methods is particularly important for prognosis.