Abnormal skull morphology

MedGen UID:: 488801
•Concept ID:: C0235942
•: Anatomical Abnormality

Synonym:	Abnormality of the skull

HPO:	HP:0000929

Definition

An abnormality of the skull, the bony framework of the head which is comprised of the neurocranium (with eight cranial bones) and the viscerocranium (facial skeleton) that comprises fourteen facial bones with the mandible as its largest bone. [from HPO]

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CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAbnormal skull morphology

Phenotypic abnormality
- Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
  - Abnormality of the skeletal system
    - Abnormal skeletal morphology
      - Abnormal axial skeleton morphology
        Abnormal skull morphology
        Abnormal calvaria morphology
        Abnormal frontal bone morphology
        Abnormal shape of the frontal region
        Abnormal occipital bone morphology
        Abnormal shape of the occiput
        Occipital horn
        Abnormal parietal bone morphology
        Parietal bossing
        Parietal foramina
        Acrania
        Bathrocephaly
        Biparietal narrowing
        Brachycephaly
        Acrobrachycephaly
        Broad skull
        Calvarial skull defect
        Cloverleaf skull
        Copper beaten skull
        Cranial asymmetry
        Dolichocephaly
        Isolated scaphocephaly
        Obliteration of the calvarial diploe
        Plagiocephaly
        Anterior plagiocephaly
        Posterior plagiocephaly
        Platybasia
        Platystencephaly
        Skull asymmetry
        Thickened calvaria
        Thin calvarium
        Trigonocephaly
        Turricephaly
        Brachyturricephaly
        Oxycephaly
        Abnormal facial skeleton morphology
        Abnormal ethmoid bone morphology
        Abnormal jaw morphology
        Abnormal mandible morphology
        Abnormal maxilla morphology
        Jaw contracture
        Jaw mass
        Jaw neoplasm
        Jaw swelling
        Abnormal lacrimal bone morphology
        Abnormal palatine bone morphology
        Absent palatine bone ossification
        Incomplete ossification of palatine bone
        Abnormal paranasal sinus morphology
        Abnormality of ethmoid sinus
        Abnormality of frontal sinus
        Abnormality of the maxillary sinus
        Abnormality of the sphenoid sinus
        Advanced pneumatization of cranial sinuses
        Opacified paranasal sinuses
        Abnormal vomer morphology
        Abnormal zygomatic bone morphology
        Abnormal zygomatic arch morphology
        Hypoplasia of the zygomatic bone
        Malar flattening
        Malar prominence
        Prominence of the zygomatic bone
        Aplasia/Hypoplasia of facial bones
        Aplasia of facial bones
        Hypoplastic facial bones
        Craniofacial asymmetry
        Craniofacial hyperostosis
        Facial hyperostosis
        Craniofacial osteosclerosis
        Calvarial osteosclerosis
        Osteosclerosis of the base of the skull
        Frontomalar faciosynostosis
        Abnormal foramen magnum morphology
        Large foramen magnum
        Small foramen magnum
        Abnormal mastoid morphology
        Absent mastoid
        Advanced pneumatization of the mastoid process
        Delayed pneumatization of the mastoid process
        Mastoiditis
        Abnormal morphology of bony orbit of skull
        Fractured orbit of skull
        Orbital craniosynostosis
        Shallow orbits
        Abnormal sella turcica morphology
        Deformed sella turcica
        Bridged sella turcica
        Elongated sella turcica
        Flat sella turcica
        J-shaped sella turcica
        Shoe-shaped sella turcica
        Duplication of the sella turcica
        Empty sella syndrome
        Large sella turcica
        Small sella turcica
        Abnormal skull base morphology
        Abnormal posterior cranial fossa morphology
        Abnormality of the clivus
        Basilar impression
        Basilar invagination
        Blake pouch cyst
        Enlarged posterior fossa
        Flat posterior fossa
        Small posterior fossa
        Thinning and bulging of the posterior fossa bones
        Cleft in skull base
        Decreased skull base length
        Elevated imprint of the transverse sinuses
        Jugular foramen stenosis
        Thick skull base
        Abnormal temporal bone morphology
        Agenesis of the carotid canal
        Elongated temporal styloid process
        Hypoplastic carotid canal
        Temporal bossing
        Abnormality of skull ossification
        Abnormality of skull size
        Decreased head circumference
        Microcephaly
        Mild microcephaly
        Increased head circumference
        Macrocephaly
        Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures
        Abnormality of cranial sutures
        Abnormality of the metopic suture
        Accessory cranial suture
        Craniosynostosis syndrome
        Delayed cranial suture closure
        Ridged cranial sutures
        Sclerotic cranial sutures
        Wide cranial sutures
        Widely patent coronal suture
        Widely patent sagittal suture
        Wormian bones
        Abnormality of fontanelles
        Abnormality of the anterior fontanelle
        Bulging fontanelle
        Extra fontanelles
        Large fontanelles
        Premature closure of fontanelles
        Small fontanelle
        Sunken fontanelle
        Cephalocele
        Atretic occipital cephalocele
        Isolated encephalocele
        Basal encephalocele
        Frontal encephalocele
        Nasal encephalocele
        Occipital encephalocele
        Parietal encephalocele
        Meningoencephalocele
        Crouzon syndrome
        Congenital craniofacial dysostosis
        Hallermann-Streiff syndrome
        Hypertelorism
        Mandibulofacial dysostosis
        Acrodysostosis
        Acrodysostosis with multiple hormone resistance
        Mandibulofacial dysostosis with alopecia
        Mandibulofacial dysostosis-macroblepharon-macrostomia syndrome
        Treacher Collins syndrome
        Fractured skull
        Fracture of Skull Related to Birth

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