From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Turricephaly

Malformation of the skull in which the head appears tall and thin

Summary

Malformation of the skull in which the head appears tall and thin

Field	Value
synonyms	Oxycephaly, Acrocephaly, Hypsicephaly, Oxycephalia, Steeple head, Tower head, Tower skull, High-head syndrome, Turmschädel
name	Turricephaly
image	File:Turricephaly.jpg
caption
field	dysmorphology
symptoms	reduced head length and width for age

Turricephaly is a type of cephalic disorder where the head appears tall with a small length and width. It is due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid, or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures. It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly (or acrocephaly) is a form of turricephaly where the head is cone-shaped, and is the most severe of the craniosynostoses.

Presentation

Common associations

It may be associated with:

8th cranial nerve lesion
Optic nerve compression
Intellectual disability
Syndactyly

Conditions with turricephaly

Conditions with turricephaly include:

Achondrogenesis, type IA
Acrocephalopolydactyly
Acrocephalosyndactyly type V (Goodman syndrome)
Acrocraniofacial dysostosis
Alopecia - contractures - dwarfism - intellectual disability syndrome
CEBALID syndrome
Chromosome 1q21.1 deletion syndrome
Chromosome 4q32.1-q32.2 triplication syndrome
Chromosome 5p13 duplication syndrome
Cole-Carpenter syndrome 2
Craniorhiny
Craniosynostosis (nonsyndromic) 6
Craniosynostosis, Boston-type (nonsyndromic)
Craniosynostosis and dental anomalies
Fontaine progeroid syndrome
Gomez Lopez Hernandez syndrome
Intellectual developmental disorder, autosomal dominant 65
MEGF8-related Carpenter syndrome
Mosaic trisomy 12
Myopathy, epilepsy, and progressive cerebral atrophy
Peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2A (Zellweger)
Potocki-Shaffer syndrome
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
Spondyloenchondrodysplasia with immune dysregulation
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Sedaghatian type
Summitt syndrome
Teebi-Shaltout syndrome
Tolchin-Le Caignec syndrome
TWIST1-related craniosynostosis
Usmani-Riazuddin syndrome, autosomal dominant

Diagnosis

Treatment

References

(2009). "Mosby's Medical Dictionary". Elsevier.
Bodian, Martin. (May 6, 1950). "Oxycephaly.". Journal of the American Medical Association.
"Turricephaly". National Human Genome Research Institute.
(January 2009). "Elements of morphology: standard terminology for the head and face". American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A.
"oxycephaly". TheFreeDictionary.
Weerakkody, Yuranga. "Oxycephaly". Radiopaedia.org.
"Turricephaly (Concept Id: C5399823)".
"Oxycephaly (Concept Id: C4551646)".
(July 2025). "Mosaic trisomy 12 (Concept Id: CN073989)".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

congenital-disorders-of-musculoskeletal-system rare-diseases

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Turricephaly — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report