Editing Plagiocephaly (section)

{{Short description|Skull malformation such that one side is flattened}}
{{Redirect|Flat head syndrome|the condition of an unusually short skull|Brachycephaly}}
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'''Plagiocephaly''', also known as '''flat head syndrome''',<ref name="AJR 194">{{cite journal |doi=10.2214/AJR.07.7121 |title=Radiological Reasoning: A Child with Posterior Plagiocephaly |year=2010 |last1=Kadom |first1=Nadja |last2=Sze |first2=Raymond W. |journal=American Journal of Roentgenology |volume=194 |issue=3 Suppl |pages=WS5–9 |pmid=20173180}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/04/30/doctor-finds-success-in-treating-infants-with-flat-head-syndrome/ |title=Doctor Finds Success In Treating Infants With Flat-Head Syndrome |publisher=CBS Los Angeles |date=April 30, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> is a condition characterized by an asymmetrical distortion (flattening of one side) of the [[human skull|skull]]. A mild and widespread form is characterized by a flat spot on the back or one side of the head caused by remaining in a [[supine position]] for prolonged periods.<ref name="Pediatrics 128">{{cite journal |doi=10.1542/peds.2011-2220 |title=Prevention and Management of Positional Skull Deformities in Infants |year=2011 |last1=Laughlin |first1=J. |last2=Luerssen |first2=T. G. |last3=Dias |first3=M. S. |journal=Pediatrics |volume=128 |issue=6 |pages=1236–41 |pmid=22123884 |author4=Committee On Practice Ambulatory Medicine|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Plagiocephaly is a diagonal asymmetry across the head shape. Often it is a flattening which is to one side at the back of the head, and there is often some facial asymmetry. Depending on whether [[synostosis]] is involved, plagiocephaly divides into two groups: synostotic, with one or more fused cranial sutures, and non-synostotic (deformational). Surgical treatment of these groups includes the deference method; however, the treatment of deformational plagiocephaly is controversial.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1136/adc.86.3.144 |title=Plagiocephaly and head binding |journal=Archives of Disease in Childhood |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=144–145 |year=2002 |last1=Bridges |first1=S J |pmid=11861226 |pmc=1719136 }}</ref> [[Brachycephaly]] describes a very wide head shape with a flattening across the whole back of the head.