Micro and Macrocephaly
Microcephaly : > 3 SD below mean
Macrocephaly : > 2 SD above mean
Newborn Head circumference - 35 cm , By 2year sge - it reaches 48cm (i.e 90% of adult head circumference is achieved in 2yr)
Other causes of Microcephaly :
- Familial (AR)
- Down's syndrome
- Edward syndrome
- PEM
- HIE
- Hypoglycemia
- Fetal Alcohol syndrome
- Fetal hydantoin syndrome
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All the white matter diseases mentioned here are also called Leucodystrophies.
ReplyDeleteAnd the one's among these leucodystrophies, with microcephaly can have normal head size too.
Nice work. thank you
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