Craniofacial Anomalies

The anomalies of the head can involve the various bones present in the skull, determining processes linked to the cleft of the cranial bones, or to the early synostosis of certain bones, or to the anomalous dimensions of the bones. Cranial anomalies that can be recognized with ultrasound before birth are represented by anencephaly/acrania, holoprosencephaly, encephalocele, microcephaly, craniosynostosis, telorism and other orbital anomalies such as microphthalmia, cleft lip, micrognathia, and some gross anomalies such as agnathia and otocephaly.