Pigeons andfries: Baby Salem Update and Reply to@MaryCateDelvey

Risk factors include:

Plagiocephaly 1

Low birth weight 2

Hemangioma (increases likelihood of PHACE syndrome) 3

Hx of neglect (mom admitted doctor said she should have sought evaluation for hemangioma sooner)

Observable signs of speech delay (still apparently babbling at 2, low MLU)

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8833012/

2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755715000443#:~:text=Preterm%20infants%20and%20those%20with,age%2C%20in%20all%20semantic%20categories

3. Https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions/phace-syndrome