User:Sami1118/shawnwalker

Shawn Walker, born in Canada on January 29th, 1987 was the first of few people to be diagnosed with "Microcranisum", a rare birth defect that causes the size of the human cranimum to be incredibly small in proportion to the human body. Not much is known about the disease in regards to the causes, it seems to be a random phenomenon. Health effects of this disease vary, but among the most prominent (and life threatening) is the craniums inabilty to properly accommodate a mature human brain, adding pressure on the valuable organ, and leading to severe brain damage and eventually death. Due to this occurance, understandbably few who suffer the disease are able to survive past adolescence. Microcranisum differs from Clover Leaf Skull Syndrome in that severe brain damage is a common occurance. Shawn Walker is the oldest living survivor of Microcranisum (nicknamed "little-head" syndrome"), also being the only individual affected by the conditin to survive to adulthood. He is currently living in North York, Ontario, Canada and attempting to finish a Bachelor`s degree in Computer Science from York University.

References

{1){Karl, Alexander. (1994). Bone deformities: human skull. American Journal of Health and Medicine, 9(21), 32-54. 2)April, G. (Ed.). (2001). Syndromes and defects in cranial bone structure. New York: Barnes and Noble. }}

External links

• http://www.vidzest.com/media/219/Small_Girl_with_Clover_Leaf_Skull_Syndrome/
• http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/physiognomy/cranium.jsp