Brachycephaly is a cranial shape anomaly characterized by a disproportionately wide, “short” head. In a healthy infant, the skull bones are flexible, allowing ...
Dr. Mahsa Mehrazin, MD - Neurologist and Spinal Nerve Specialist
Posterior plagiocephaly is a condition in which the back part of an infant’s skull appears flattened or asymmetrical. Unlike general head shape variations, ...
Anterior plagiocephaly is a type of cranial asymmetry in which one side of a baby’s forehead and brow is flattened or misshapen. Unlike the more common ...
Coronal synostosis is a type of craniosynostosis, a condition in which one or more of the fibrous joints (sutures) between the bones of an infant’s skull close ...
Syndromic sagittal synostosis is a form of craniosynostosis in which the sagittal suture—the fibrous joint running lengthwise along the top of the skull—fuses ...
Sagittal synostosis is a form of craniosynostosis in which the sagittal suture—the fibrous joint running along the top of the skull from front to back—fuses ...
Dolichocephaly is a cranial shape variation characterized by an elongated head from front to back, resulting in a disproportionately narrow width across the ...
Scaphocephaly, also known as dolichocephaly, is a specific form of craniosynostosis characterized by the premature fusion of the sagittal suture—the joint that ...
Unilateral Dysplastic Transverse Process refers to a congenital anomaly in which one of the bony projections (transverse processes) on a vertebra of the spine ...
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that affects people decades after they have recovered from an acute poliovirus infection. Even if the original polio ...
Dr. Mihaela G. Alexander, MD - Neurologists, Brain, Nervous System Disorders
POEMS syndrome is a rare, life-threatening paraneoplastic disorder driven by an underlying plasma cell neoplasm. The name “POEMS” is an acronym for its five ...
Pectoralis minor syndrome (PMS) occurs when the neurovascular structures supplying the arm—namely the branches of the brachial plexus, the axillary artery, and ...
Patau syndrome, also known as trisomy 13, is a rare chromosomal disorder in which an individual has three copies of chromosome 13 instead of the usual two. ...
Parry–Romberg syndrome, also known as progressive hemifacial atrophy, is a rare neurological and connective tissue disorder characterized by a gradual but ...
Parkinson-plus syndromes (PPS), also known as atypical parkinsonism, are a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders that share the cardinal motor ...
Paraneoplastic Parinaud’s Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder in which remote effects of an underlying cancer cause dysfunction of the dorsal midbrain, ...
Metabolic Parinaud’s Syndrome is a rare neurological condition characterized by damage to the dorsal (back) part of the midbrain—specifically the vertical gaze ...
Vascular Malformation-Induced Parinaud’s Syndrome is a specific form of dorsal midbrain syndrome that arises when an abnormal blood vessel structure compresses ...
Infectious Parinaud’s Syndrome is a form of dorsal midbrain syndrome in which an infectious process damages the tectal (posterior) midbrain, leading to ...
Traumatic Parinaud’s Syndrome (also called dorsal midbrain syndrome or pretectal syndrome) is a set of eye and pupil problems that happen after a head injury. ...
