I believe (though I may be wrong, no doubt some kind soul will correct me) that
fused sutures are congenital.  The only case I have seen was almost missed by
the medics, who to a man(and woman) explained the baby's pointed head as
moulding.  Yes even at 7 months.  But he had an oddity regarding his feet  -
perhaps he couldn't flatten his toes, I think they were always curled in.  I
mentioned  this to my podiatrist friend and with her encouragement the mother
took him back to the medics again.  He was finally diagnosed and the skull
divided ( I think they then put in a steel plate to allow expansion )  just in
time.  If it had gone much longer he would have been brain damaged, as he was
running out of room.

I find it difficult to see that the mode of birth would affect whether or not
sutures were fused.  But are we talking about the same thing as reported in the
press?  Or is this a different condition?  Certainly I was told that it is very
rare, and I don't believe it was something any of the medics other than the
neurosurgeon had seen before.

Mary Broadfoot, Paisley, Scotland, who is still grateful that that child had his
socks off one day...
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