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Causes of Mitochondrial diseases

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Mitochondrial diseases Causes: Book Excerpts

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Abnormal Head Shape: Differential Diagnosis
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

Caput succedaneum
Cephalohematoma
Plagiocephaly (flattening on one side of the head) usually positional
Macrocephaly
–Neurofibromatosis
–Sotos syndrome
–Achondroplasia
–Robinow syndrome
Hydrocephalus (excess cerebrospinal fluid)
External hydrocephalus (benign extradural fluid collection)
Microcephaly
–Autosomal dominant form
–Autosomal recessive form
–Cornelia de Lange syndrome
–Cri-du-chat syndrome
–Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
–Fetal alcohol syndrome
–Congenital infection (e.g., CMV, HSV)
Linear skull fracture
Craniostenosis (associated syndromes)
–Crouzon syndrome
–Apert syndrome
–Ataxia-telangiectasia
–Hyperthyroidism
–Idiopathic hypercalcemia
–Mucopolysaccharidosis
–Rickets
–Sickle cell disease
–Thalassemia major
Scaphocephaly/dolicocephaly (long, narrow head)
Brachycephaly (broad head)
Oxycephaly (pointed head)
Acrocephaly (high, tower-like head)
Trigonocephaly (triangular head)
Clover-leaf skull
Forehead bowing (large lateral ventricles)
Narrow calvarium (temporal lobe agenesis)
Small posterior fossa (cerebellar agenesis)
Occipital bowing (Dandy-Walker malformation)
Bitemporal widening—subdural hematoma in infancy
Cranial meningocele