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Cloverleaf skull

Dr Frank Gaillard and Radswiki et al.

A cloverleaf skull (also known as kleeblattschädel) refers to type of severe craniosynostosis which gives the skull a cloverleaf shape. It typically results from intrauterine premature closure of sagittal, coronal and lambdoid sutures.

Pathology

Associations

thanatophoric dysplasia : classically type II
severe Apert syndrome
severe Crouzon syndrome
Boston type craniosynostosis
Carpenter syndrome

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