It's a big word for a fairly common occurrence: plagiocephaly (pronounced play-gee-oh-sef-a-lee), which is Greek for oblique or slanted head. The condition refers to an asymmetrical skull, and it ...

Deformational plagiocephaly is a non‐synostotic cranial deformity characterised by an asymmetrical flattening of the infant’s skull, commonly resulting from external forces during early development.

A mother whose son was diagnosed with plagiocephaly - also known as "flat head syndrome" - has opened up about the little-known condition in a bid to raise awareness. Aileen Sergent, 35, said when her ...

The number of infants with a specific type of head deformity, in which the skull flattens out from repeated pressure to the same area, has increased exponentially over the past 20 years. While the ...

Newborns’ soft skulls can be misshapen in childbirth, which usually resolves on its own within the first month or so. But some babies develop positional plagiocephaly, a condition often caused by ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eurazeo, through its Mid-Large Buyout strategy, today announced it has acquired a majority stake in Cranial Technologies, the market leader in treating infant plagiocephaly ...

THE parents of a nine-month-old baby born with a rare birth defect are celebrating after he was given the all-clear by medics. Nine-month-old Fred Worth, from Padiham, faced the prospect of corrective ...