Morphology of the Occipital Bones and Foramen Magnum Resulting From Premature Minor Suture Fusion in Crouzon Syndrome.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
; 60(5): 591-600, 2023 05.
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ABSTRACT
To identify skull-base growth patterns in Crouzon syndrome, we hypothesized premature minor suture fusion restricts occipital bone development, secondarily limiting foramen magnum expansion.Skull-base suture closure degree and cephalometric measurements were retrospectively studied using preoperative computed tomography (CT) scans and multiple linear regression analysis.Evaluation of multi-institutional CT images and 3D reconstructions from Wake Forest's Craniofacial Imaging Database (WFCID).Sixty preoperative patients with Crouzon syndrome under 12 years-old were selected from WFCID. The control group included 60 age- and sex-matched patients without craniosynostosis or prior craniofacial surgery.None.2D and 3D cephalometric measurements.3D volumetric evaluation of the basioccipital, exo-occipital, and supraoccipital bones revealed decreased growth in Crouzon syndrome, attributed solely to premature minor suture fusion. Spheno-occipital (ß = -398.75; P < .05) and petrous-occipital (ß = -727.5; P < .001) suture fusion reduced growth of the basioccipital bone; lambdoid suture (ß = -14â
723.1; P < .001) and occipitomastoid synchondrosis (ß = -16â
419.3; P < .001) fusion reduced growth of the supraoccipital bone; and petrous-occipital suture (ß = -673.3; P < .001), anterior intraoccipital synchondrosis (ß = -368.47; P < .05), and posterior intraoccipital synchondrosis (ß = -6261.42; P < .01) fusion reduced growth of the exo-occipital bone. Foramen magnum morphology is restricted in Crouzon syndrome but not directly caused by early suture fusion.Premature minor suture fusion restricts the volume of developing occipital bones providing a plausible mechanism for observed foramen magnum anomalies.
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Disostose Craniofacial
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Craniossinostoses
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2023
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