Introduction: The morphology of the skull base can be altered in craniosynostoses. The objective of this study is to evaluate the reduced intercarotid artery distance in the lacerum segment in patients with syndromic and isolated brachycephaly.
Materials And Methods: The distances between the inner walls of the carotid canal at the lacerum segment were measured on high-resolution CT scans in children with Crouzon (25), Pfeiffer (21), Apert (26), Saethre-Chotzen (7) syndromes, isolated bicoronal synostosis (9), and compared to an age-matched control group (30).
Results: A significantly smaller mean distance between carotid canal walls was observed in Crouzon (11.1 ± 4.9 mm), Pfeiffer (9.6 ± 5.1 mm), Apert (12.3 ± 4.3 mm), Saethre-Chotzen (14.8 ± 3.0 mm) syndromes, and isolated bicoronal synostosis (14.9 ± 3.7 mm) as compared to the control group (19.7 ± 2.4 mm, P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P = 0.005, and P = 0.002, respectively). There was no statistically significant difference in intercarotid canal distance among the Apert, Saethre-Chotzen and isolated bicoronal synostosis groups. Overall, the brachycephalic group showed reduced intercarotid canal distance comparing to controls (P < 0.001).
Discussion And Conclusions: There is significant reduction of the distance between carotid canals in brachycephalic patients. This distance is more significantly altered in FGFR-related brachycephaly syndromes (especially Crouzon and Pfeiffer syndromes), than Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (TWIST1 mutation) and isolated non-syndromic bicoronal synostosis. This study highlights the importance of FGFRs in shaping the skull base. Altered vascular course of the internal carotid arteries can have important implications in planning skull base surgery in brachycephalic patients.
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