Correction of Maxillofacial Deformities in A Patient With Unilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis (Plagiocephaly): A Case Report and A Review of Literatures

Plagiocephaly (oblique skull) is premature fusion of one of the coronal sutures. frontal plagiocephaly is a rare congenital deformity in the skull that is the most complicated form of craniosynostosis to treat. examination of all sutures is neces-sary for diagnosis of craniosynostosisin this article, a 10-month-old, healthy girl with deformity of the right forehead and orbit that is caused by frontal plagiocephaly and coronal unilateral synostosis is presented.this abnormality was corrected by frontal craniotomy and fronto-orbital complex advancement under general anesthesia.an exact clinical and radiographic (multislice ct scan with 3- dimensional three dimensional reconstruction) examination with the suitable time of surgery is nec-essary for diagnosis of skull abnormality and prevention of treatment delay. fur-thermore, 3d stereo-photo-grammetry is a radiation-free, non invasive method for evaluating the growth pattern of children in long term.