Differential Diagnosis for Macrocephaly/Large head

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Synonyms:

frontal hyperostosis, HEAD ENLARGEMENT, hyperostosis frontal, Hyperostosis of skull, Hyperostosis of skull (disorder), hyperostosis skull, LARGE HEAD, Large head (disorder), Large skull, Skull enlargement, Skull hyperostosis

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69 possible diagnoses found.

Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Syphilis, congenital
- Syphilis, congenital, late

Infected organ, Abscesses
- Brain abscess

Neoplastic Disorders

Metabolic, Storage Disorders

Biochemical Disorders
- Hyperphosphatemia

Deficiency Disorders
- Rickets (vitamin D deficiency)
- Rickets/X-linked hypophosphatemic

Congenital, Developmental Disorders

Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders

Usage, Degenerative, Necrosis, Age Related Disorders
- Acro-osteolysis/Hadju-Cheney Syndrome

Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders

Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
- Remote subarachnoid hemorrhage

Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

Reference to Organ System
- Paget's disease (osteitis deformans)
- Osteopathia striata with cranial stenosis

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