POSITIONING PLAGIOCEPHALY AND TRUE CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS – RELIABLE DIAGNOSIS BY HIGH-FREQUENCY SONOGRAPHY

Purpose: The incidence of positioning plagiocephaly has been an increasing diagnostic and therapeutic problem since international pediatric societies had been advocating to lay infants on their back preventing sudden infant death syndrome. Even mortality has been decreased dramatically, roentgenography and CT-imaging with high radiation doses are frequently performed to exclude true synostosis. Methods and Materials: In 2004 83 children, 3–14 month old, with a head deformity have been admitted to our craniofacial outpatient clinic. Patient history and clinical examination were followed by high-frequency ultrasou…