Syndromic craniosynostoses

Definition

Any syndrome caused by premature fusing of sections of the infant skull. These syndromes are characterised by disfiguring compensatory growth of the skull. These syndromes may also present with frequent worsening morning headache, recurrent vomiting, cephalocranial disproportion, raised intracranial pressure, optic atrophy, blindness, or developmental delay.

Exclusions

• Craniotelencephalic dysplasia (LD20.1)
• Sensenbrenner syndrome (4B4Y)
• Shprintzen-Goldberg craniosynostosis syndrome (4B4Y)

5 subordinate codes

• LD24.G0Pfeiffer syndrome
• LD24.G1Crouzon disease
• LD24.G2Apert syndrome
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Syndromes with skeletal anomalies as a major feature

• LD24.0Syndromes with micromelia
• LD24.1Bone diseases with increased bone density
• LD24.2Bone diseases with disorganised development of skeletal components
• LD24.3Spondyloepiphyseal or spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasias
• LD24.4Spondylometaphyseal dysplasias
• LD24.5Spondylodysplastic dysplasias
• LD24.6Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia or pseudoachondroplasia
• LD24.7Multiple metaphyseal dysplasias