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FETAL POSITION AND SKULL SHAPE
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00976.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 3, pages 246–249, March 1981
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How to Cite
Sunderland, R. (1981), FETAL POSITION AND SKULL SHAPE. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 246–249. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00976.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received June 30, 1980/Accepted September 15, 1980
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Summary
The skull shapes of 615 consecutively born babies weighing over 2500 g were examined visually and by palpation. A characteristic deformity of the occiput was found which was strongly associated with breech presentation; it is suggested that this be termed hyptiocephaly. Severe forms of hyptiocephaly might partially explain the high incidence of occipital osteodiastasis in breech babies. A lesser occipital deformity was associated with occipito-posterior presentation. It was found that facial asymmetry declined with increasing parity. Statistical trends suggest that all of these abnormalities of skull shape are the effect, rather than the cause, of the abnormal fetal position.