The beaten copper cranium: a correlation between intracranial pressure, cranial radiographs, and computed tomographic scans in children with craniosynostosis

• Published in: Neurosurgery Vol. 39; no. 4; p. 691
• Main Authors: Tuite, G F, Evanson, J, Chong, W K, Thompson, D N, Harkness, W F, Jones, B M, Hayward, R D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.1996
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Craniosynostoses - diagnostic imaging; Craniosynostoses - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Hydrocephalus - diagnostic imaging; Hydrocephalus - physiopathology; Infant; Intracranial Pressure - physiology; Male; Pseudotumor Cerebri - diagnostic imaging; Pseudotumor Cerebri - physiopathology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Skull - diagnostic imaging; Skull - physiopathology; Syndrome; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

The beaten copper appearance of the cranium, as well as other cranial radiographic and computed tomographic findings in children with craniosynostosis, is often interpreted by clinicians as evidence of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). However, a correlation between radiological findings and ICP...