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Macrocephaly means your baby’s head is larger than other babies of the same age and sex. Having a larger head size can be harmless, if a larger head size is a family trait, or it can be a sign of a serious medical condition.
17 Σεπ 2018 · Macrocephaly refers to an overly large head in infants. It is not a condition in itself, but it may be a symptom of other conditions or complications in the brain.
15 Φεβ 2023 · Macrocephaly is the name for a condition in which an infant has an unusually large head size. A doctor will diagnose macrocephaly if the measurement of the head around its widest part is bigger...
5 Μαΐ 2023 · Baby head measurements are just as important for tracking growth as height and weight are. But what does it mean when a baby has a head that is larger than average?
22 Φεβ 2018 · Children usually present as outpatients with a large head and normal to minimally delayed cognitive development . The condition usually plateaus and resolves spontaneously by 2 years of age. The cause may involve immature or impaired reabsorption of CSF at the arachnoid granulations .
24 Ιουλ 2023 · Macrocephaly is the condition in which the head circumference of an infant is above 2 standard deviations, which is above the 97th percentile. It can be due to benign conditions or can be due to underlying causes that lead to serious sequelae like neurological deficits and developmental delays.
An infant with a large head (2.5 SDs above normal for weight and gender or above 99.6th centile for age) is a common clinical presentation. Usually, it is due to benign isolated macrocephaly or familial macrocephaly (FM) where some close family members are similarly affected 1 ; neither condition requires any further intervention.
