When examining your patient's head, you note that the patient's skull has an abnormal shape. The patient also has exophthalmos and drooping eyes. You suspect that the patient has which of the following conditions?
a. craniotabes c. hydrocephalus
b. acromegaly d. craniosynostosis
D
Craniosynostosis is characterized by abnormal shape of the skull or bone growth at right angles to suture lines, exophthalmos, and drooping eyelids. Craniosynostosis is caused by the premature closure of one or more sutures of the skull before brain growth is complete.
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