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Fronto-ethmoidal encephalozele in a historical skull with artificial deformation and no signs of chronic elevated intracranial pressure
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The intentional deformation of human skulls in the living being was one of the most curious rituals performed in historical and ancient times. It is thought that these practices cause chronic elevated intracranial pressure and subsequent symptoms of cognitive impairment. In this report, we examine such an artificially deformed skull dating from the sixteenth century that in addition shows a fronto-ethmoidal encephalocele. However, although the mild encephalocele was already manifest at birth and deformation practices were performed over years, the encephalocele did not progress into a more severe status. We conclude that the intentional deformation of skulls does not lead to chronic elevated intracranial pressure and mental retardation.
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“In fact, different studies have shown that the patterns of covariation and correlation between different parts of the cranium are partially independent, thus suggesting that they behave as partially independent units [15,39–42].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Weber, J., Nauck, C., Creutz, U., Al-Zain, F., & Pusch, C. M.
- Affiliations
- Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (DE)
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Weber, Jochen
- ORCID
- Weber, Jochen
- Venue
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Published
- 2008-09-05
- Volume
- 150
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1107-1109
- ISSN
- 0001-6268 (ISSN-L)
- 0942-0940
- OpenAlex
- W2095467008
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Acta Neurochirurgica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Keywords
- skull deformation, cranial deformation, cognitive impairment, intellectual disability, 16th century, cranial sutures
- MeSH terms
- Archaeology, Argentina, Chronic Disease, Cognition Disorders, Craniosynostoses, Encephalocele, Ethmoid Bone, Female, Frontal Bone, Craniocerebral Trauma, Humans, Indians, South American, Middle Aged, Skull, Social Behavior, Intracranial Hypertension, Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic, History, 16th Century
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