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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 1/2018

01-03-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Copper-beaten skull appearance in the setting of Marfan syndrome

Authors: Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković, Slobodan Nikolić

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 1/2018

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We have recently read the article by Ginelliová et al. regarding sudden deaths associated with syndromic craniosynostosis [1]. In patients with Crouzon syndrome, severe premature fusion of the cranial bone sutures and reduced cranial growth may result in raised intracranial pressure. This then causes the growing brain to exert pressure on the cranium, producing gyral patterns on the inner table of the skull and resulting in the appearance known as a copper-beaten skull. Therefore, a diffuse and severe beaten-copper pattern is an indicator of chronic elevated intracranial pressure [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Copper-beaten skull appearance in the setting of Marfan syndrome
Authors
Vladimir Živković
Danica Cvetković
Slobodan Nikolić
Publication date
01-03-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9929-7

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