Long-Term Outcome of Idiopathic Macrocephaly

Abstract

The neuroradiological, developmental, and psychological, long-term sequelae of 41 infants (30 boys, 11 girls) diagnosed with macrocephaly (an occipito-facial head circumference [OFC] >95th centile) at a family health service visit between 1985 and 1986 were studied at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and other centers in Sydney, Australia.

Keywords

• idiopathic macrocephaly
• occipito-facial head circumference
• neuropsychological