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de Jong GA, Meulstee JW, van Lindert EJ, Borstlap WA, Maal TJJ, Delye HHK. Longitudinal Three-Dimensional Follow-Up and Secondary Treatment Aspects after Endoscopic and Open Scaphocephaly Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 2024; 154:189-201. [PMID: 37189218 PMCID: PMC11195932 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000010701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND This retrospective cohort study evaluated the longitudinal three-dimensional cranial shape developments and the secondary treatment aspects after endoscopically assisted craniosynostosis surgery (EACS) with helmet therapy and open cranial vault reconstruction (OCVR) for scaphocephaly. METHODS Longitudinally collected three-dimensional photographs from scaphocephaly patients and healthy infants were evaluated. Three-dimensional cranial shape measurements and growth maps were compared between the groups over time. Secondary treatment aspects were compared for the treatment groups. RESULTS Both surgical techniques showed their strongest changes directly after surgery, with mean parietal three-dimensional growths up to 10 mm. At age 24 months, comparison of head shapes showed mean three-dimensional differences less than ±2 mm, with OCVR resulting in a lower vertex and longer cranial length when compared with EACS. At 48 months of age, no measurements were significantly different between treatment groups. Only the total head volume was somewhat larger in the male EACS group at age 48 months ( P = 0.046). Blood loss in EACS (mean, 18 mL; range, 0 to 160 mL) was lower than in OCVR (mean, 100 mL; range, 15 to 300 mL; P < 0.001). Median length of stay after surgery was shorter for EACS (mean, 2 days; range, 1 to 5 days) compared with OCVR (mean, 5 days; range, 3 to 8 days; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The authors conclude that EACS for scaphocephaly shows equal craniometric results at age 48 months and has a better surgery profile compared with OCVR. Early diagnostics and referral for suspected scaphocephaly to allow EACS is therefore recommended. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic, III.
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- Guido A de Jong
- From the Department of Neurosurgery
- Radboudumc 3D Lab
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center
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- Radboudumc 3D Lab
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center
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- Radboudumc 3D Lab
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center
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Mellgren J, Maltese G, Tarnow P, Bhatti-Søfteland M, Kölby L, Säljö K. Spring-Assisted Surgery of Unilambdoid Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg 2024; 35:00001665-990000000-01350. [PMID: 38353548 PMCID: PMC11045546 DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000010035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Craniosynostosis is traditionally treated with extensive cranial vault reconstructions (CVRs). Although less invasive techniques, such as endoscopic strip craniectomy with postoperative helmet therapy, have been successful, they also present difficulties. An alternative method is distraction osteogenesis using either manually controlled devices or specially designed springs. In this study, the authors provide the first comparison of spring-assisted surgery (SAS) with CVR for the treatment of unilambdoid synostosis (ULS). Fourteen consecutive patients (8 CVR and 6 SAS) treated for ULS at Sahlgrenska University Hospital between 2005 and 2018 were included. Skull shape and deviations were evaluated using previously defined measurement points on 3-dimensional computed tomography scans preoperatively, at spring removal, and at 3 years of age. Posterior and middle cranial fossa (PCF and MCF, respectively), skull-base cant, facial twist, and mastoid bulge (MB) were measured, and clinical data were obtained from chart reviews. The results indicated that at the 3-year follow-up, PCF, MCF, and MB improved in both groups, with no significant difference in outcome observed between methods. In the SAS group, duration of operation [61±27 min (mean±SD)] and perioperative bleeding (3.5±2.8 mL/kg body weight) were both significantly lower relative to the CVR group (P<0.05). These findings showed that both SAS and CVR resulted in similar improvements in treating ULS, although neither produced complete normalization of skull shape. The results suggest that early diagnosis and operation allow less extensive SAS to be performed without adversely affecting the results.
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- Jonas Mellgren
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Madoka I, Toshiaki H, Tomomi K, Junji T, Takehiko S, Yoshihisa S, Masahiro K, Toshihiro K, Hidenori E. Atypical sagittal suture craniosynostosis: pathological considerations for early closure of the anterior part of the sagittal suture. Childs Nerv Syst 2024; 40:575-580. [PMID: 37670139 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-06141-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Sagittal suture synostosis is one of the most common craniosynostoses and is often diagnosed by characteristic narrow and long skull shape, scaphocephaly. However, some patients with sagittal suture synostosis do not present with typical scaphocephaly, making early diagnosis difficult. In this study, five cases of characteristic skull deformity showing a narrowing of the cranium posterior to the coronal suture on computed tomography (CT) are presented. The three older children presented with papilledema and intellectual disability and a closed sagittal suture on CT. The two infant cases were diagnosed with the characteristic cranial deformities with aggravation of the deformity over time, but sagittal suture closure was not evident on CT. All patients underwent cranial remodeling surgery. In the two infant cases, the histopathological findings showed that the anterior part of the sagittal suture was firmly fused with fibrous tissue without bony fusion. These findings suggested that narrowing of the cranium posterior to the coronal suture might be due to functional fusion of the anterior portion of the sagittal suture prior to bony fusion. In an infant presenting with such a deformity that shows aggravation of the deformity over time, surgical treatment should be considered.
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- Inukai Madoka
- Department of Neurosurgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, 4-3-17 Ochiai, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 989-3126, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, 4-3-17 Ochiai, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 989-3126, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, 4-3-17 Ochiai, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 989-3126, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Skadorwa T, Wierzbieniec O, Sośnicka K, Podkowa K. Radiomorphologic profiles of nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis. Childs Nerv Syst 2023; 39:3225-3233. [PMID: 37243812 PMCID: PMC10643241 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05998-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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PURPOSE Numerous classification systems of nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis (NSC) are applied but none has gained a wide acceptance, since each classification is focused on distinct aspects of cranial dysmorphology. The goal of this study was to depict the most common combinations of radiomorphologic characteristics of NSC and to separate groups where the patients were morphologically similar to one another and at the same time significantly different from others. METHODS The study was conducted on anonymized thin-cut CT scans of 131 children with NSC aged 1-12 months (mean age 5.42 months). The type of cranial dysmorphology was assessed using four criteria: skull shape, pattern of sagittal suture fusion, morphologic features and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces alterations. After assigning the categories, an unsupervised k-modes clustering algorithm was applied to identify distinct patients clusters representing radiomorphologic profiles determined by investigated characteristics. RESULTS Cluster analysis revealed three distinct radiomorphologic profiles including the most common combinations of features. The profiles were not influenced by sex nor age but were significantly determined by skull shape (V = 0.58, P < 0.0001), morphologic features (V = 0.50, P < 0.0001) and pattern of sagittal suture fusion (V = 0.47, P < 0.0001). CSF alterations did not significantly correlate with the profiles (P = 0.3585). CONCLUSION NSC is a mosaic of radiologic and morphologic features. The internal diversity of NSC results in dissimilar groups of patients defined by unique combinations of radiomorphologic characteristics, from which the skull shape is the most differentiating factor. Radiomorphologic profiles support the idea of clinical trials targeted at more selective outcomes assessment.
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- Tymon Skadorwa
- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Bogdanowicz Memorial Hospital for Children, 4/24 Nieklanska St, 03924, Warsaw, Poland.
- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, The Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chalubinskiego St, 02004, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, The Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chalubinskiego St, 02004, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, The Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chalubinskiego St, 02004, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, The Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chalubinskiego St, 02004, Warsaw, Poland
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Ahmadpour S, Foghi K. A rare case of the scaphocephalic skull of an adult male. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1186/s41935-022-00303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Scaphocephaly is a craniofacial anomaly where the skull is disproportionately long and narrow. Premature closure of the sagittal suture is thought to be at the core of the etiopathology for scaphocephaly.
Case presentation
The skull is a well-preserved skull found in an antiquated graveyard at Parkand village Daregaz, Iran, with no visible signs of surgical manipulation. The craniofacial indices were measured. The maximum cranial length was 200 mm, and the measured length of nasion-bregma was 140mm, whereas most of the measurements were less than the normal scaphocephalic indices. Another morphological finding was the flattening of the frontal bone.
Conclusions
The cranial vault morphometry and morphology of the presented case fit the scalp. In addition to the characteristics of scaphocephaly, the presented skull was of a rare trait, frontal flattening, which has not been reported before.
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Blum JD, Cho DY, Cheung L, Villavisanis DF, Ng J, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Making the Diagnosis in Sagittal Craniosynostosis-It's Height, Not Length, That Matters. Childs Nerv Syst 2022; 38:1331-1340. [PMID: 35438317 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-022-05518-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This study assesses the diagnostic reliability of a novel photogrammetric measurement to distinguish sagittal craniosynostosis (SS) from control and false positive cases (SNS). METHODS Head CTs from 2014-2020 were reviewed for patients with sagittal synostosis (SS, n = 177), presumed sagittal synostosis with normal imaging (SNS, n = 30), and controls (n = 100). Using preoperative clinical photographs and CTs, a measurement reflecting the anterior-posterior location of the vertex was measured using an angle drawn between the cranial vertex, nasion, and opisthocranion (VNO) in profile view, with the head in a neutral position. RESULTS Mean age at pre-operative head CT was 9.5 months for the SS cohort, 4.2 months for the SNS cohort, and 8.9 months for controls (p = .327). Mean age at pre-operative clinical photograph was 9.5 months for the SS cohort and 4.2 months for the SNS cohort (p = .149). Pearson correlations revealed no significant association between age and VNO angle. The average VNO angle measured on clinical photographs was 54.7° ± 3.8° for the SS group, 43.1° ± 2.2° for the SNS group, and 41.1° ± 3.7° for controls (p < .001). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis yielded a cut-off of ≥ 50° to identify SS. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were 96.6% and 99.2%, respectively. Three-rater analysis yielded an average ICC of 0.742 (p = .004). CONCLUSIONS Measurement of the VNO angle is a reliable screening tool to diagnose sagittal craniosynostosis, with an angle of 50° or more suggesting suture synostosis. This method relies on the relationship between the anterior displacement of the vertex and occipital bulleting to approach the diagnostic accuracy of CT imaging.
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- Jessica D Blum
- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Cornille M, Moriceau S, Khonsari RH, Heuzé Y, Loisay L, Boitez V, Morice A, Arnaud E, Collet C, Bensidhoum M, Kaci N, Boddaert N, Paternoster G, Rauschendorfer T, Werner S, Mansour SL, Di Rocco F, Oury F, Legeai-Mallet L. FGFR3 overactivation in the brain is responsible for memory impairments in Crouzon syndrome mouse model. J Exp Med 2022; 219:213050. [PMID: 35254402 PMCID: PMC8906494 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20201879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans (CAN, a rare type of craniosynostosis characterized by premature suture fusion and neurological impairments) has been linked to a gain-of-function mutation (p.Ala391Glu) in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3). To characterize the CAN mutation's impact on the skull and on brain functions, we developed the first mouse model (Fgfr3A385E/+) of this syndrome. Surprisingly, Fgfr3A385E/+ mice did not exhibit craniosynostosis but did show severe memory impairments, a structurally abnormal hippocampus, low activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, and overactivation of MAPK/ERK and Akt signaling pathways in the hippocampus. Systemic or brain-specific pharmacological inhibition of FGFR3 overactivation by BGJ398 injections rescued the memory impairments observed in Fgfr3A385E/+ mice. The present study is the first to have demonstrated cognitive impairments associated with brain FGFR3 overactivation, independently of skull abnormalities. Our results provide a better understanding of FGFR3's functional role and the impact of its gain-of-function mutation on brain functions. The modulation of FGFR3 signaling might be of value for treating the neurological disorders associated with craniosynostosis.
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- Maxence Cornille
- Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Physiopathological Bases of Osteochondrodysplasia, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1163, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1151, Institut Necker Enfants–Malades, Depart: Cell growth and Signaling, Université Paris-Sorbonne–Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Physiopathological Bases of Osteochondrodysplasia, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1163, Paris, France,Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares Fentes et Malformations Faciales MAFACE, Filière Maladies Rares TeteCou, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- UMR5199 PACEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ministère de la Culture, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Physiopathological Bases of Osteochondrodysplasia, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1163, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1151, Institut Necker Enfants–Malades, Depart: Cell growth and Signaling, Université Paris-Sorbonne–Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Physiopathological Bases of Osteochondrodysplasia, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1163, Paris, France,Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares Fentes et Malformations Faciales MAFACE, Filière Maladies Rares TeteCou, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares Craniosténoses et Malformations Craniofaciales CRANIOST, Filière Maladies Rares TeteCou, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire–PôleB2P, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Paris-GH St-Louis Lariboisière F.Widal–Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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- LaboratoireB2OA, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS7052, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Physiopathological Bases of Osteochondrodysplasia, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1163, Paris, France
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- UMR-1163 Institut Imagine, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France,Département de Radiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares Craniosténoses et Malformations Craniofaciales CRANIOST, Filière Maladies Rares TeteCou, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1151, Institut Necker Enfants–Malades, Depart: Cell growth and Signaling, Université Paris-Sorbonne–Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Physiopathological Bases of Osteochondrodysplasia, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1163, Paris, France,Correspondence to Laurence Legeai-Mallet:
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White HE, Goswami A, Tucker AS. The Intertwined Evolution and Development of Sutures and Cranial Morphology. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:653579. [PMID: 33842480 PMCID: PMC8033035 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.653579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Phenotypic variation across mammals is extensive and reflects their ecological diversification into a remarkable range of habitats on every continent and in every ocean. The skull performs many functions to enable each species to thrive within its unique ecological niche, from prey acquisition, feeding, sensory capture (supporting vision and hearing) to brain protection. Diversity of skull function is reflected by its complex and highly variable morphology. Cranial morphology can be quantified using geometric morphometric techniques to offer invaluable insights into evolutionary patterns, ecomorphology, development, taxonomy, and phylogenetics. Therefore, the skull is one of the best suited skeletal elements for developmental and evolutionary analyses. In contrast, less attention is dedicated to the fibrous sutural joints separating the cranial bones. Throughout postnatal craniofacial development, sutures function as sites of bone growth, accommodating expansion of a growing brain. As growth frontiers, cranial sutures are actively responsible for the size and shape of the cranial bones, with overall skull shape being altered by changes to both the level and time period of activity of a given cranial suture. In keeping with this, pathological premature closure of sutures postnatally causes profound misshaping of the skull (craniosynostosis). Beyond this crucial role, sutures also function postnatally to provide locomotive shock absorption, allow joint mobility during feeding, and, in later postnatal stages, suture fusion acts to protect the developed brain. All these sutural functions have a clear impact on overall cranial function, development and morphology, and highlight the importance that patterns of suture development have in shaping the diversity of cranial morphology across taxa. Here we focus on the mammalian cranial system and review the intrinsic relationship between suture development and morphology and cranial shape from an evolutionary developmental biology perspective, with a view to understanding the influence of sutures on evolutionary diversity. Future work integrating suture development into a comparative evolutionary framework will be instrumental to understanding how developmental mechanisms shaping sutures ultimately influence evolutionary diversity.
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- Heather E White
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.,Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.,Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Syndromic and Systemic Diagnoses Associated With Isolated Sagittal Synostosis. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2020; 7:e2540. [PMID: 32537296 PMCID: PMC7288895 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000002540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Reports of systemic associations in patients with Isolated Sagittal Synostosis (ISS) are sparse. Craniofacial surgeons, and other providers, should be aware that a significant proportion of patients with ISS may have syndromic or systemic involvement. This study investigates the incidence of systemic disease and syndromic diagnosis in a cohort of patients presenting with ISS (ie, patients with sagittal synostosis without other sutural involvement).
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INTRODUCTION Latent cranial suture fusions may present with mild or absent phenotypic changes that make the clinical diagnosis challenging. Recent reports describe patients with sagittal synostosis and a normal cranial index (CI), a condition termed normocephalic sagittal craniosynostosis (NSC). The goal of this study is to evaluate the shape and intracranial volume (ICV) in a cohort of NSC patients using quantitative cranial shape analysis (CSA). METHODS We identified 19 patients (7.5 ± 2.28 years) between 2011 and 2016, who presented to our hospital with NSC. Cranial index and CSA were measured from the computed tomography image. Cranial shape analysis calculates the distances between the patient's cranial shape and its closest normal shape. Intracranial volume was measured and compared to an established age-matched normative database. RESULTS Cranial index revealed 15 (78.9%) patients within the mesocephalic range and 4 patients (21.1%) in the brachycephalic range. Detailed CSA identified 15 (78.9%) patients with subtle phenotypic changes along the scaphocephalic spectrum (ie, subtle anterior and posterior elongation with inter-parietal narrowing) and 1 patient (5.3%) with isolated overdevelopment on the posterior part of the right parietal bone. Three patients (15.8%) had a CSA close to normal. Mean ICV was 1410.5 ± 192.77cc; most patients (78.9%) fell within ±2 standard deviations. CONCLUSION Quantitative CSA revealed that most of the patients with NSC had cranial shape abnormalities, consistent with a forme fruste scaphocephaly that could not be otherwise recognized by clinical observation or CI. Given these findings, we propose the term occult scaphocephaly to describe this condition. The associated incidence of intracranial hypertension is unknown.
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Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Massimi L, Panfili M, Colosimo C. A systematic quantitative morpho-volumetric analysis in infants with sagittal craniosynostosis and relationship with the severity of scaphocephalic deformity. Radiol Med 2020; 125:585-594. [PMID: 32067161 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-020-01150-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Among patients with isolated sagittal synostosis (ISS), the head shape varies considerably in relation to the severity of the abnormality. This study aimed to quantify skull base morphometry and intracranial volume to investigate their relationships with the severity of scaphocephaly. METHODS We studied 66 infants with ISS identifying three groups according to the morphological severity of cranial deformity (group I: mild deformity; group II: moderate deformity; group III: severe deformity), by combining two scaphocephaly severity indices as descriptors of the relation of three morphological measurements (length, width and height) We perform a quantitative analysis using high-resolution CT images calculating following parameters: cranial fossae dimensions, supratentorial (ICV) and infratentorial (PCFV) cranial volume, supratentorial (WBV) and infratentorial (PCFBV) brain volume, ICV/WBV, PCFV/PCFBV, supratentorial and infratentorial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). RESULTS In all subgroups, anterior and middle skull base lengths were increased, while posterior hemifossae lengths were unchanged. In mild subgroup, ICV/WBV was significantly different and ICV, WBV and CSF supratentorial volume increased (p < 0.05). In moderate and severe subgroups, FCPV/FCPBV was significantly different and CSF infratentorial volume was reduced (p < 0.05); FCPBV was increased only in the severe subgroup (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION This morpho-volumetric study provides new insights in understanding the compensatory changes occurring in infants at different stages of scaphocephaly severity. In particular, our study suggests that patients with severe deformity might have an earlier depletion of reserve mechanisms with a reduced compliance of the overall skull during encephalic growth and these patients might require early surgical cranial expansion.
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- Rosalinda Calandrelli
- Polo scienze delle immagini, di laboratorio ed infettivologiche, Area diagnostica per immagini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
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- Polo scienze dell'invecchiamento, neurologiche, ortopediche e della testa-collo, Area neuroscienze, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Polo scienze dell'invecchiamento, neurologiche, ortopediche e della testa-collo, Area neuroscienze, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Polo scienze delle immagini, di laboratorio ed infettivologiche, Area diagnostica per immagini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Polo scienze delle immagini, di laboratorio ed infettivologiche, Area diagnostica per immagini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy
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Ito T. Effects of different segmentation methods on geometric morphometric data collection from primate skulls. Methods Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tsuyoshi Ito
- Department of Evolution and Phylogeny, Primate Research Institute Kyoto University Inuyama Aichi Japan
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Joganic JL, Heuzé Y. Allometry and advancing age significantly structure craniofacial variation in adult female baboons. J Anat 2019; 235:217-232. [PMID: 31070786 PMCID: PMC6637449 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Primate craniofacial growth is traditionally assumed to cease upon maturation or at least be negligible, whereas bony remodeling is typically associated with advanced adult age and, in particular, tooth loss. Therefore, size and shape of the craniofacial skeleton of young and middle-aged adults should be stable. However, research on both modern and historic human samples suggests that portions of the CFS exhibit age-related changes in mature individuals, both related to and independent of tooth loss. These results demonstrate that the age-category 'adult' is heterogeneous, containing individuals demonstrating post-maturational age-related variation, but the topic remains understudied outside of humans and in the cranial vault and base. Our research quantifies variation in a sample of captive adult female baboons (n = 97) in an effort to understand how advancing age alters the mature CFS. Craniometric landmarks and sliding semilandmarks were collected from computed tomography (CT) scans of adult baboons aged 7-32 years old. To determine whether craniofacial morphology is sensitive to aging mechanisms and whether any such effects are differentially distributed throughout the cranium, geometric morphometric techniques were employed to compare the shapes of various cranial regions among individuals of increasing age. Unexpectedly, the biggest form differences were observed between young and middle-aged adults, rather than between adults with full dentitions and those with some degree of tooth loss. Shape variation was greatest in masticatory and nuchal musculature attachment areas. Our results indicate that the craniofacial skeleton changes form during adulthood in baboons, raising interesting questions about the molecular and biological mechanisms governing these changes.
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- Jessica L. Joganic
- CNRSMCCPACEAUMR5199University of BordeauxPessacFrance
- Department of AnthropologyWashington University in St. LouisSt. LouisMOUSA
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- CNRSMCCPACEAUMR5199University of BordeauxPessacFrance
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The Incidence of Chiari Malformations in Patients with Isolated Sagittal Synostosis. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2019; 7:e2090. [PMID: 30881832 PMCID: PMC6416108 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000002090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background: We report the incidence of Chiari malformation I (CMI) in a cohort of 377 patients with isolated sagittal synostosis (ISS), which is to the best of our knowledge the largest such series reported to date. Methods: A retrospective review of patients seen at a single institution from 2007 to 2017 was completed. ISS, Chiari malformations (CMI and CMII) and hydrocephalus were diagnosed by a senior neuroradiologist (G.Z.). Patients who met the inclusion criteria were divided into early (group A) and late (group B) presenting groups, as well as operated (group I) and unoperated (group II) groups. The patients were further subdivided into group AI (early operated), group AII (early unoperated), group BI (late operated), and group BII (late unoperated). Once identified, patient notes were examined for the following data sets: date of birth, age of presentation, age at last follow-up, other systemic conditions as well as molecular testing results. Surgical interventions, ophthalmological, and other relevant data were recorded. Statistical analysis was run in the form of a chi-square test to identify a significant difference between each subgroup. A literature review of the incidence of Chiari malformations in patients with ISS was conducted. Results: Three hundred seventy-seven patients constitute the study’s total cohort (272 were males and 105 females). This cohort was divided into patients who underwent surgical repair of ISS (group 1: n = 200), and patients who did not (group 2: n = 177). The entire cohort was also divided into early (group A: n = 161) and late (group B: n = 216) presenting craniosynostosis. In the total cohort, 22/377 (5.8%) patients with CMI were identified. CMI was found in 14/200 (7.0%) patients in group I, and 8/177 (4.5%) patients in group II. CMI was found in 2/161 (1%) patients in group A, and 20/216 (9.2%) patients in group B. The incidence of CMI in group AI (early operated) was 2/151 (1.3%), in group AII (early unoperated) was 0/10, in group BI (late operated) was 11/49 (21%), and in group BII (late unoperated) was 9/167 (5.4%). Chi-square analysis revealed a significant difference between the incidence of CMI in the early-presenting (group A) and late-presenting (group B) groups (P = 0.001) and between the late-presenting operated (BI) and late-presenting unoperated (BII) groups (P = 0.001). The incidence of hydrocephalus was 1.6% (6/377) in the total cohort. However, all patients diagnosed with hydrocephalus came from group II (no surgical ISS correction). The incidence of hydrocephalus in group II was 3.3% (6/177). The incidence of hydrocephalus in group BII (late unoperated ISS) was 3.0% (5/167). The incidence of hydrocephalus in group AII (early unoperated ISS) was 9.0% (1/11). Conclusions: We noted the highest incidence of CMI—21%—in group BI (late-presenting operated). We noted hydrocephalus in group II (nonoperated), with the highest incidence of hydrocephalus found in the group BII (late-presenting unoperated) subgroup. We therefore recommend patients with ISS receive funduscopic examination to screen for raised intracranial pressure (ICP) associated with CMI and hydrocephalus, especially patients with late-presenting ISS.
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Gruszczyńska K, Likus W, Onyszczuk M, Wawruszczak R, Gołdyn K, Olczak Z, Machnikowska-Sokołowska M, Mandera M, Baron J. How does nonsyndromic craniosynostosis affect on bone width of nasal cavity in children? - Computed tomography study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200282. [PMID: 30005068 PMCID: PMC6044528 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Craniosynostosis is caused by premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures, restricting skull, brain and face growth. Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis could disturb the proportions of face. Although morphometric diameters of nasal cavity in healthy children are already known, they have not been established yet in children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. The aim our study was to check whether diameters of bone structures of nasal cavity in children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis measured in CT are within normal range. 249 children aged 0–36 months (96 with clinical diagnosis of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis and 153 in control group) were included into the study. The following diameters were measured on head CT scans: anterior bony width (ABW), bony choanal aperture width (BCAW), right and left posterior bony width (between bone sidewall and nasal cavity septum—RPBW and LPBW). The study group has been divided into 4 categories, depending on child’s age. The dimensions measured between bone structures of nasal cavity were statistically significantly lower in comparison to the control group. They did not depend on the sex for ABW, nor on age in groups 7–12 months and < 2 years for BCAW, RPBW and LPBW. The measured dimensions increased with age. In children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis the diameter of pyriform aperture and bony choanal aperture were lower than in controls, what may be described as fronto-orbital anomalies. Morphometric measurements of anthropometric indicators on CT scans could be used as standards in the clinical identification of craniosynostosis type and may help in planning surgical procedures, particularly in the facial skeleton in children.
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- Katarzyna Gruszczyńska
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Students’ Scientific Organization, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Students’ Scientific Organization, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Intervention Radiology, The Independent Public Clinical Hospital no. 6 of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, John Paul II Upper Silesian Child Health Centre, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Neurosurgery, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Radiodiagnostics and Invasive Radiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Heliövaara A, Leikola J, Koljonen V, Vuola P, Koivikko M. Length of synostosis and segmented intracranial volume correlate with age in patients with non-syndromic sagittal synostosis. Childs Nerv Syst 2018; 34:511-515. [PMID: 29067505 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-017-3628-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study is to compare the length of synostosis and segmented intracranial volume (SIV) with age in children with non-syndromic sagittal synostosis. METHODS Thirty-three consecutive patients (22 boys) who had been operated by cranial vault remodeling because of sagittal synostosis were compared retrospectively from 3D-CT imaging data sets obtained from volumetric CT. The mean age of the patients at preoperative CT imaging was 0.49 (range 0.13-1.3) years and at 1-year postoperative imaging 1.8 (range 1.3-3) years. The mean interval between preoperative CT imaging and surgery was 0.25 (range 0-0.8) years. Pearson's correlation and Student's t test were used in the statistical analyses. RESULTS Length of sagittal synostosis correlated positively with age at preoperative CT (r = 0.688, p < 0.01). Children with total synostosis (n = 9) were significantly older (mean age 0.74 vs. 0.4 years, p < 0.01) than those with partial synostosis. Of partial synostoses, 9 were located anteriorly, 3 in the middle, and 12 posteriorly. The mean synostosis ratio (synostosis length/total sagittal suture length × 100) was 83%. Preoperative SIV correlated positively with age at preoperative CT (r = 0.788, p < 0.01), whereas the 1-year postoperative SIV did not correlate with age at operation. The older the child at the time of the operation, the less the percentage SIV increased. CONCLUSIONS Length of sagittal synostosis and SIV increased with age.
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- Arja Heliövaara
- Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 266, FI-00029, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 266, FI-00029, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 266, FI-00029, Helsinki, Finland
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- Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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A number of textbooks, review articles, and case reports highlight the potential comorbidity of choanal atresia in craniosynostosis patients. However, the lack of a precise definition of choanal atresia within the current craniosynostosis literature and widely varying methods of detection and diagnosis have produced uncertainty regarding the true coincidence of these conditions. The authors review the anatomy and embryologic basis of the human choanae, provide an overview of choanal atresia, and analyze the available literature that links choanal atresia and craniosynostosis. Review of over 50 case reports that describe patients diagnosed with both conditions reveals inconsistent descriptions of choanal atresia and limited use of definitive diagnostic methodologies. The authors further present preliminary analysis of three-dimensional medical head computed tomographic scans of children diagnosed with craniosynostosis syndromes (e.g., Apert, Pfeiffer, Muenke, and Crouzon) and typically developing children and, although finding no evidence of choanal atresia, report the potentially reduced nasal airway volumes in children diagnosed with Apert and Pfeiffer syndromes. A recent study of the Fgfr2c Crouzon/Pfeiffer syndrome mouse model similarly found a significant reduction in nasal airway volumes in littermates carrying this FGFR2 mutation relative to unaffected littermates, without detection of choanal atresia. The significant correlation between specific craniosynostosis syndromes and reduced nasal airway volume in mouse models for craniosynostosis and human pediatric patients indicates comorbidity of choanal and nasopharyngeal dysmorphologies and craniosynostosis conditions. Genetic, developmental, and epidemiologic sources of these interactions are areas particularly worthy of further research.
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Rodriguez-Florez N, Bruse JL, Borghi A, Vercruysse H, Ong J, James G, Pennec X, Dunaway DJ, Jeelani NUO, Schievano S. Statistical shape modelling to aid surgical planning: associations between surgical parameters and head shapes following spring-assisted cranioplasty. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2017; 12:1739-1749. [PMID: 28550406 PMCID: PMC5608871 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-017-1614-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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PURPOSE Spring-assisted cranioplasty is performed to correct the long and narrow head shape of children with sagittal synostosis. Such corrective surgery involves osteotomies and the placement of spring-like distractors, which gradually expand to widen the skull until removal about 4 months later. Due to its dynamic nature, associations between surgical parameters and post-operative 3D head shape features are difficult to comprehend. The current study aimed at applying population-based statistical shape modelling to gain insight into how the choice of surgical parameters such as craniotomy size and spring positioning affects post-surgical head shape. METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with sagittal synostosis who underwent spring-assisted cranioplasty at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (London, UK) were prospectively recruited. Using a nonparametric statistical modelling technique based on mathematical currents, a 3D head shape template was computed from surface head scans of sagittal patients after spring removal. Partial least squares (PLS) regression was employed to quantify and visualise trends of localised head shape changes associated with the surgical parameters recorded during spring insertion: anterior-posterior and lateral craniotomy dimensions, anterior spring position and distance between anterior and posterior springs. RESULTS Bivariate correlations between surgical parameters and corresponding PLS shape vectors demonstrated that anterior-posterior (Pearson's [Formula: see text]) and lateral craniotomy dimensions (Spearman's [Formula: see text]), as well as the position of the anterior spring ([Formula: see text]) and the distance between both springs ([Formula: see text]) on average had significant effects on head shapes at the time of spring removal. Such effects were visualised on 3D models. CONCLUSIONS Population-based analysis of 3D post-operative medical images via computational statistical modelling tools allowed for detection of novel associations between surgical parameters and head shape features achieved following spring-assisted cranioplasty. The techniques described here could be extended to other cranio-maxillofacial procedures in order to assess post-operative outcomes and ultimately facilitate surgical decision making.
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- Naiara Rodriguez-Florez
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Imaging, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
- Craniofacial Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Imaging, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, UK
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Heuzé Y, Kawasaki K, Schwarz T, Schoenebeck JJ, Richtsmeier JT. Developmental and Evolutionary Significance of the Zygomatic Bone. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2017; 299:1616-1630. [PMID: 27870340 PMCID: PMC5111587 DOI: 10.1002/ar.23449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The zygomatic bone is derived evolutionarily from the orbital series. In most modern mammals the zygomatic bone forms a large part of the face and usually serves as a bridge that connects the facial skeleton to the neurocranium. Our aim is to provide information on the contribution of the zygomatic bone to variation in midfacial protrusion using three samples; humans, domesticated dogs, and monkeys. In each case, variation in midface protrusion is a heritable trait produced by one of three classes of transmission: localized dysmorphology associated with single gene dysfunction, selective breeding, or long‐term evolution from a common ancestor. We hypothesize that the shape of the zygomatic bone reflects its role in stabilizing the connection between facial skeleton and neurocranium and consequently, changes in facial protrusion are more strongly reflected by the maxilla and premaxilla. Our geometric morphometric analyses support our hypothesis suggesting that the shape of the zygomatic bone has less to do with facial protrusion. By morphometrically dissecting the zygomatic bone we have determined a degree of modularity among parts of the midfacial skeleton suggesting that these components have the ability to vary independently and thus can evolve differentially. From these purely morphometric data, we propose that the neural crest cells that are fated to contribute to the zygomatic bone experience developmental cues that distinguish them from the maxilla and premaxilla. The spatiotemporal and molecular identity of the cues that impart zygoma progenitors with their identity remains an open question that will require alternative data sets. Anat Rec, 299:1616–1630, 2016. © 2016 The Authors The Anatomical Record Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Yann Heuzé
- UMR5199 PACEA, Bordeaux Archaeological Sciences Cluster of Excellence, Université De Bordeaux
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- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK
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- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Quantitative analysis of craniofacial dysmorphology in infants with anterior synostotic plagiocephaly. Childs Nerv Syst 2016; 32:2339-2349. [PMID: 27541866 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3218-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The study aimed to identify premature synostosis of "major" and "minor" sutures of the coronal sutural arch and splanchnocranium sutures to evaluate the relationship between craniofacial dysmorphology and the sutural pattern in children with anterior plagiocephaly. METHODS A quantitative analysis of the skull base and facial changes was performed on preoperative high-resolution CT images in 18 children with anterior synostotic plagiocephaly and compared with imaging findings in 18 age-matched healthy subjects. RESULTS All patients had patent splanchnocranium sutures. Fifteen out of 18 children showed early and isolated synostosis of the unicoronal suture (the major suture of the coronal ring) and were classified in groups II and III according to the classification scheme of anterior synostotic plagiocephaly based on the severity of craniofacial dysmorphology. Premature fusion of the unilateral coronal suture in groups II and III caused a marked asymmetry and reduced growth of the anterior and middle fossae on the synostotic side and a secondary varying severity in terms of asymmetric growth of the facial complex. Although both groups showed anterior displacement of the mandibular articulation on the synostotic side, group II showed only maxillary asymmetry, while group III showed maxillary and mandibular asymmetry. CONCLUSIONS In anterior synostotic plagiocephaly, the severity of skull base changes and asymmetric growth of the facial complex is not caused by skull base sutural synostotic involvement but is probably related to the different timing of unilateral coronal suture closure.
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Biosse Duplan M, Komla-Ebri D, Heuzé Y, Estibals V, Gaudas E, Kaci N, Benoist-Lasselin C, Zerah M, Kramer I, Kneissel M, Porta DG, Di Rocco F, Legeai-Mallet L. Meckel's and condylar cartilages anomalies in achondroplasia result in defective development and growth of the mandible. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:2997-3010. [PMID: 27260401 PMCID: PMC5181594 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Activating FGFR3 mutations in human result in achondroplasia (ACH), the most frequent form of dwarfism, where cartilages are severely disturbed causing long bones, cranial base and vertebrae defects. Because mandibular development and growth rely on cartilages that guide or directly participate to the ossification process, we investigated the impact of FGFR3 mutations on mandibular shape, size and position. By using CT scan imaging of ACH children and by analyzing Fgfr3Y367C/+ mice, a model of ACH, we show that FGFR3 gain-of-function mutations lead to structural anomalies of primary (Meckel’s) and secondary (condylar) cartilages of the mandible, resulting in mandibular hypoplasia and dysmorphogenesis. These defects are likely related to a defective chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation and pan-FGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor NVP-BGJ398 corrects Meckel’s and condylar cartilages defects ex vivo. Moreover, we show that low dose of NVP-BGJ398 improves in vivo condyle growth and corrects dysmorphologies in Fgfr3Y367C/+ mice, suggesting that postnatal treatment with NVP-BGJ398 mice might offer a new therapeutic strategy to improve mandible anomalies in ACH and others FGFR3-related disorders.
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- Martin Biosse Duplan
- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France.,Service d'Odontologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, HUPNVS, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- UMR5199 PACEA, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Archaeological Sciences Cluster Of Excellence, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Unité de Chirurgie Craniofaciale, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France.,Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Unité de Chirurgie Craniofaciale, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France .,Service de Génétique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Progressive frontal morphology changes during the first year of a modified Pi procedure for scaphocephaly. Childs Nerv Syst 2016; 32:337-44. [PMID: 26409882 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-015-2914-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to quantify the changes in frontal morphology in patients with scaphocephaly treated with a modified Pi procedure. METHODS Consecutive scaphocephalic patients (n = 13) who underwent surgery before 12 months of age that had more than 1 year of follow-up and standard preoperative, 3-month, and 1-year photographs were included. Anthropometric measurements were used to document the craniofacial index. Computerized photogrammetric analyses of five craniofacial angles (bossing angle, nasofrontal angle, angle of facial convexity, and angle of total facial convexity) were also performed. RESULTS Comparisons of the preoperative and postoperative direct anthropometric measurements of the cephalic index showed a significant (all p < 0.05) increase in the postoperative period, with no significant differences in early versus late postoperative period comparisons. Comparisons of the preoperative and postoperative computerized photogrammetric measurements of the craniofacial angles showed a significant (all p < 0.05) reduction (bossing angle, angle of facial convexity, and angle of total facial convexity) and increase (nasofrontal angle) in the early and late postoperative periods. CONCLUSIONS Frontal morphology significantly changed over the first year of the modified Pi procedure.
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Esteve-Altava B, Boughner JC, Diogo R, Villmoare BA, Rasskin-Gutman D. Anatomical network analysis shows decoupling of modular lability and complexity in the evolution of the primate skull. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127653. [PMID: 25992690 PMCID: PMC4438065 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Modularity and complexity go hand in hand in the evolution of the skull of primates. Because analyses of these two parameters often use different approaches, we do not know yet how modularity evolves within, or as a consequence of, an also-evolving complex organization. Here we use a novel network theory-based approach (Anatomical Network Analysis) to assess how the organization of skull bones constrains the co-evolution of modularity and complexity among primates. We used the pattern of bone contacts modeled as networks to identify connectivity modules and quantify morphological complexity. We analyzed whether modularity and complexity evolved coordinately in the skull of primates. Specifically, we tested Herbert Simon’s general theory of near-decomposability, which states that modularity promotes the evolution of complexity. We found that the skulls of extant primates divide into one conserved cranial module and up to three labile facial modules, whose composition varies among primates. Despite changes in modularity, statistical analyses reject a positive feedback between modularity and complexity. Our results suggest a decoupling of complexity and modularity that translates to varying levels of constraint on the morphological evolvability of the primate skull. This study has methodological and conceptual implications for grasping the constraints that underlie the developmental and functional integration of the skull of humans and other primates.
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- Borja Esteve-Altava
- Theoretical Biology Research Group, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, 46071, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America
- Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Theoretical Biology Research Group, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, 46071, Valencia, Spain
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Closing the Gap: Genetic and Genomic Continuum from Syndromic to Nonsyndromic Craniosynostoses. CURRENT GENETIC MEDICINE REPORTS 2014; 2:135-145. [PMID: 26146596 DOI: 10.1007/s40142-014-0042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Craniosynostosis, a condition that includes the premature fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures, is a relatively common birth defect in humans and the second most common craniofacial anomaly after orofacial clefts. There is a significant clinical variation among different sutural synostoses as well as significant variation within any given single-suture synostosis. Craniosynostosis can be isolated (i.e., nonsyndromic) or occurs as part of a genetic syndrome (e.g., Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Apert, Muenke, and Saethre-Chotzen syndromes). Approximately 85 % of all cases of craniosynostosis are nonsyndromic. Several recent genomic discoveries are elucidating the genetic basis for nonsyndromic cases and implicate the newly identified genes in signaling pathways previously found in syndromic craniosynostosis. Published epidemiologic and phenotypic studies clearly demonstrate that nonsyndromic craniosynostosis is a complex and heterogeneous condition supporting a strong genetic component accompanied by environmental factors that contribute to the pathogenetic network of this birth defect. Large population, rather than single-clinic or hospital-based studies is required with phenotypically homogeneous subsets of patients to further understand the complex genetic, maternal, environmental, and stochastic factors contributing to nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. Learning about these variables is a key in formulating the basis of multidisciplinary and lifelong care for patients with these conditions.
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Heuzé Y, Martínez-Abadías N, Stella JM, Arnaud E, Collet C, García Fructuoso G, Alamar M, Lo LJ, Boyadjiev SA, Di Rocco F, Richtsmeier JT. Quantification of facial skeletal shape variation in fibroblast growth factor receptor-related craniosynostosis syndromes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 100:250-9. [PMID: 24578066 DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) -related craniosynostosis syndromes are caused by many different mutations within FGFR-1, 2, 3, and certain FGFR mutations are associated with more than one clinical syndrome. These syndromes share coronal craniosynostosis and characteristic facial skeletal features, although Apert syndrome (AS) is characterized by a more dysmorphic facial skeleton relative to Crouzon (CS), Muenke (MS), or Pfeiffer syndromes. METHODS Here we perform a detailed three-dimensional evaluation of facial skeletal shape in a retrospective sample of cases clinically and/or genetically diagnosed as AS, CS, MS, and Pfeiffer syndrome to quantify variation in facial dysmorphology, precisely identify specific facial features pertaining to these four syndromes, and further elucidate what knowledge of the causative FGFR mutation brings to our understanding of these syndromes. RESULTS Our results confirm a strong correspondence between genotype and facial phenotype for AS and MS with severity of facial dysmorphology diminishing from Apert FGFR2(S252W) to Apert FGFR2(P253R) to MS. We show that AS facial shape variation is increased relative to CS, although CS has been shown to be caused by numerous distinct mutations within FGFRs and reduced dosage in ERF. CONCLUSION Our quantitative analysis of facial phenotypes demonstrate subtle variation within and among craniosynostosis syndromes that might, with further research, provide information about the impact of the mutation on facial skeletal and nonskeletal development. We suggest that precise studies of the phenotypic consequences of genetic mutations at many levels of analysis should accompany next-generation genetic research and that these approaches should proceed cooperatively.
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- Yann Heuzé
- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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Richtsmeier JT, Flaherty K. Hand in glove: brain and skull in development and dysmorphogenesis. Acta Neuropathol 2013; 125:469-89. [PMID: 23525521 PMCID: PMC3652528 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1104-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The brain originates relatively early in development from differentiated ectoderm that forms a hollow tube and takes on an exceedingly complex shape with development. The skull is made up of individual bony elements that form from neural crest- and mesoderm-derived mesenchyme that unite to provide support and protection for soft tissues and spaces of the head. The meninges provide a protective and permeable membrane between brain and skull. Across evolutionary and developmental time, dynamic changes in brain and skull shape track one another so that their integration is evidenced in two structures that fit soundly regardless of changes in biomechanical and physiologic functions. Evidence for this tight correspondence is also seen in diseases of the craniofacial complex that are often classified as diseases of the skull (e.g., craniosynostosis) or diseases of the brain (e.g., holoprosencephaly) even when both tissues are affected. Our review suggests a model that links brain and skull morphogenesis through coordinated integration of signaling pathways (e.g., FGF, TGFβ, Wnt) via processes that are not currently understood, perhaps involving the meninges. Differences in the earliest signaling of biological structure establish divergent designs that will be enhanced during morphogenesis. Signaling systems that pattern the developing brain are also active in patterning required for growth and assembly of the skull and some members of these signaling families have been indicated as causal for craniofacial diseases. Because cells of early brain and skull are sensitive to similar signaling families, variation in the strength or timing of signals or shifts in patterning boundaries that affect one system (neural or skull) could also affect the other system and appropriate co-adjustments in development would be made. Interactions of these signaling systems and of the tissues that they pattern are fundamental to the consistent but labile functional and structural association of brain and skull conserved over evolutionary time obvious in the study of development and disease.
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- Joan T Richtsmeier
- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, 409 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Heuzé Y, Martínez-Abadías N, Stella JM, Senders CW, Boyadjiev SA, Lo LJ, Richtsmeier JT. Unilateral and bilateral expression of a quantitative trait: asymmetry and symmetry in coronal craniosynostosis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2012; 318:109-22. [PMID: 22532473 DOI: 10.1002/jezb.21449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bilateral symmetry in vertebrates is imperfect and mild asymmetries are found in normal growth and development. However, abnormal development is often characterized by strong asymmetries. Coronal craniosynostosis, defined here as consisting of premature suture closure and a characteristic skull shape, is a complex trait. The premature fusion of the coronal suture can occur unilaterally associated with skull asymmetry (anterior plagiocephaly) or bilaterally associated with a symmetric but brachycephalic skull. We investigated the relationship between coronal craniosynostosis and skull bilateral symmetry. Three-dimensional landmark coordinates were recorded on preoperative computed tomography images of children diagnosed with coronal nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (N = 40) and that of unaffected individuals (N = 20) and analyzed by geometric morphometrics. Our results showed that the fusion pattern of the coronal suture is similar across individuals and types of coronal craniosynostosis. Shape analysis showed that skulls of bilateral coronal craniosynostosis (BCS) and unaffected individuals display low degrees of asymmetry, whereas right and left unilateral coronal craniosynostosis (UCS) skulls are asymmetric and mirror images of one another. When premature fusion of the coronal suture (without taking into account cranial dysmorphology) is scored as a qualitative trait, the expected relationship between trait frequency and trait unilateral expression (i.e. negative correlation) is confirmed. Overall, we interpret our results as evidence that the same biological processes operate on the two sides in BCS skulls and on the affected side in UCS skulls, and that coronal craniosynostosis is a quantitative trait exhibiting a phenotypic continuum with BCS displaying more intense shape changes than UCS.
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- Yann Heuzé
- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Gunz P, Neubauer S, Maureille B, Hublin JJ. Virtual reconstruction of the Le Moustier 2 newborn skull. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.4000/paleo.2107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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