Description and clinical signs and symptoms of the main forms of simple craniosynostosis

Craniosynostosis, a skull growth disorder due to premature fusion of one or more sutures, is a common clinical problem requiring the attention of many specialists. In simple craniosynostosis (stenosis of a single suture) symptoms are usually mild: signs of intracranial hypertension, mental deficiency, visual or hearing problema are rare, whereas learning disorders or aesthetic and psychological problema are more common. Considering the data in the literature, we analyze the clinical presentation of the main forms of simple craniosynostosis (scaphocephaly, trigonocephaly, brachycephaly, plagiocephaly), their assessment, when measuring intracranial pressure can be useful and whether surgery affects late cognitive outcome.