RT Journal
A1 Haberkern CM, Smith DW, Jones KL
T1 THe 'breech head' and its relevance
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD February 1
VO 133
IS 2
SP 154
OP 156
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130020044009
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130020044009
AB • Eight infants had scaphocephaly with prominent occipital shelving. This abnormal head shape is identified as a postural deformation associated with breech intrauterine position, and it is noted to resolve during infancy with no apparent residual impairment in most cases. At the same time, the "breech head," as we have designated this unusual head form, may occur in the setting of a primary problem in fetal morphogenesis, and it may be itself a factor contributing to birth injury during vaginal delivery of the breech infant.(Am J Dis Child 133:154-156, 1979)