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2cm-5cm in term infant
Closed by 12-18 months |
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0.5-1cm
closes by 6w-2months |
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Hold head midline by 2 months
Achieve head control by 4 months
Head lag normal 3-4 months
Head lag after 6 months=delay |
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| premature closure of sutures causing asymmetrical growth |
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| visible or palpable ridge at teh crown of the head |
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| wide margin along the frontal or sagittal suture |
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| Infants and young children with increased intracrainal pressure will have a resonant or cracked pot sound when tapping or percussing ont he scalp with the forefinger |
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abnormal softness of the cranium noted o palpationof the skull in the term infant, normal in the first 6 months
can be associated with hydrocephalus or rickets |
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| flattening of the occiput from sleep postition (on the back) |
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| Persistant head tilt may indicate: |
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| hypotonia, congential torticollis, muscular or gastrointestinal abnormalities, or vision and hearing deficits |
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| meningismus or meningitis |
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| inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, can manifest in the neck. Fexion of the head foward or ventrally with the infant or young child lying on a flat surface causes pain irritability, and resistance to movment and range of motion. Often flexion of the lower extremities will occur spontaneously with flexion of the head foward. |
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| Positive Kernig or Brudziski sign |
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| meningeal irritation when the examiner notes pain and resistance to extension of the knees whent he infant or young child is lying knees flexed in the supine position |
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| hyperextension of the neck/spine= severe meningeal irritation |
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| Thyroid disease in young infants/children |
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| presents with systemic symptoms:hyptonia, lethargy, distended abdomen, and enlarged tongue |
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| Acute unilateral paralysis fo cranial facial never VII r/t postinfectious viral neuritis |
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| Congential hypothyroidisim |
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| Thyrod dysgensis characterized by prolonged gestation, large for gestational age, delayed first stool and constipation, poor feeding: infant may have dysmorphic facial features, enlarged tongue, sparse hair/eyebrows with low-set hairline |
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| bacterial infection transmitted placentally characterized by frontal bossing, depressed nasal bridge, chronic rhinitis, facial lesions circumorally. |
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| contracture of sternocleidomastoid muscle casing tilting of head to one side; occurs secondary to birth trauma, cervical spine or spinal cord congenital deformities |
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| narowness of skull caused by premature closure of sutures |
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| premature closure of the cranial sutures |
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| microcephaly or small rounded head, thick epicanthal folds, almond shaped eyes or oblique palpebral fissures; flattened nasal bridge, large protuberant tongue; ears are low-set, small and protuberant |
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| facies of fetal alcohol syndrome |
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| microcephaly, short palperbal fissures, wide and flattened philtrum/thin lips; dev delay |
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| ventricle enlargement in dura caused by increased production and blockage of or impaired absorption of csf; increased head circumference |
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| acquired thyroid condition usually cuased by lymphocytic thyroiditis |
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| asymmetrical head shape or flattening from persistent positioning of infant on one side during the first 6 month of life |
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| renal agenesis characterized by low set ears, broad nose, underdeveloped chin line, blank appearance |
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| contraction of sternocleidomastoid muscle causing tilting of head toward involved side; can be sequla of upper respritory infection |
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| genetic disorder, a female phenotype; characterized by a shorte stature, webbed neck, pectus excavatum, primary amenorrhea, no development of secondary sexual characteristics |
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