Macrocephaly can be a sign of a condition that requires treatment. However, your baby’s larger head size might also be something that runs in your family, and is harmless and doesn’t need …

2023年7月24日 · Familial megalencephaly usually produces mild macrocephaly, typically 2 to 4 cms above the 90th percentile, and the growth curve follows above but parallel to 98th …

Those with benign or familial macrocephaly are considered to have megalencephaly. Many people with abnormally large heads or large skulls are healthy, but macrocephaly may be …

Children with familial macrocephaly (FM) typically have a birth head circumference in the high-normal percentiles that then increases to exceed 2.0 S.D. by one year of age. Brain scans …

Macrocephaly affects up to 5% of the pediatric population and is defined as an abnormally large head with an occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) >2 standard deviations (SD) above the …

2023年5月5日 · One of the most common reasons for macrocephaly is something that doctors call "benign familial macrocephaly." In other words, big heads run in your family. A doctor might …

2018年9月17日 · Benign familial macrocephaly is an inherited condition. It happens in families predisposed to having larger heads. Sometimes there is a problem with the brain, such as …

The most common cause of macrocephaly is familial macrocephaly, in which a larger head size runs in the child's family because of features of the skull and brain growth.

Evaluation of a baby’s “big head” is one of the most common referrals made to pediatric neurosurgeons. Macrocephaly refers to a head circumference (the measurement around the …

Sometimes disproportionate macrocephaly is familial and not associated with other anomalies, complications, or developmental delays; this form is transmitted in an autosomal dominant …