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Abnormal cranial suture/fontanelle morphology

MedGen UID:
871380
Concept ID:
C4025876
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures
 
HPO: HP:0000235

Definition

Any abnormality of the fontanelles (the regions covered by a thick membrane that normally ossify in the first two years of life) or the cranial sutures (the fibrous joints in which the articulating bones or cartilages of the skull are connected by sutural ligaments). [from HPO]

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PubMed

Hersh DS, Bookland MJ, Hughes CD
Pediatr Clin North Am 2021 Aug;68(4):727-742. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.04.002. PMID: 34247705
Jimenez DF, Barone CM
Childs Nerv Syst 2007 Dec;23(12):1411-9. Epub 2007 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-007-0467-6. PMID: 17899128

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Boakye-Yiadom AP, Nguah SB, Mahama H, Plange-Rhule G
Ghana Med J 2022 Sep;56(3):231-235. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v56i3.14. PMID: 37449001Free PMC Article
Ha SW, Jung YJ, Bae HS, Ryoo HM, Cho IS, Baek SH
Angle Orthod 2018 Jul;88(4):416-424. Epub 2018 Apr 17 doi: 10.2319/092617-647.1. PMID: 29664332Free PMC Article
Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
Tutschek B, Blaas HK, Abramowicz J, Baba K, Deng J, Lee W, Merz E, Platt L, Pretorius D, Timor-Tritsch IE, Gindes L; ISUOG 3D Special Interest Group
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2017 Jul;50(1):7-16. doi: 10.1002/uog.17436. PMID: 28229509
Kang N, Kim SZ, Jung SN
J Craniofac Surg 2009 Mar;20(2):564-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819ba361. PMID: 19305258

Diagnosis

Hersh DS, Bookland MJ, Hughes CD
Pediatr Clin North Am 2021 Aug;68(4):727-742. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.04.002. PMID: 34247705
Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
D'Antoni AV, Donaldson OI, Schmidt C, Macchi V, De Caro R, Oskouian RJ, Loukas M, Shane Tubbs R
Childs Nerv Syst 2017 Jun;33(6):909-914. Epub 2017 Apr 10 doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3406-1. PMID: 28396968
Bellary SS, Steinberg A, Mirzayan N, Shirak M, Tubbs RS, Cohen-Gadol AA, Loukas M
Clin Anat 2013 Nov;26(8):922-7. Epub 2013 Aug 20 doi: 10.1002/ca.22262. PMID: 23959948
Carter R, Anslow P
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2009 Dec;30(6):465-91. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.08.004. PMID: 20099635

Therapy

Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
Hernández-Alfaro F, Arenaz Búa J, Serra Serrat M, Mareque Bueno J
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011 Jan;40(1):110-3. Epub 2010 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.07.006. PMID: 20728312
Kang N, Kim SZ, Jung SN
J Craniofac Surg 2009 Mar;20(2):564-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819ba361. PMID: 19305258
Jimenez DF, Barone CM
Childs Nerv Syst 2007 Dec;23(12):1411-9. Epub 2007 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-007-0467-6. PMID: 17899128
Soliman AT, Ramadan MA, Sherif A, Aziz Bedair ES, Rizk MM
Metabolism 2001 Aug;50(8):905-11. doi: 10.1053/meta.2001.24924. PMID: 11474477

Prognosis

Natsis K, Piagkou M, Lazaridis N, Anastasopoulos N, Nousios G, Piagkos G, Loukas M
Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2019;78(2):359-370. Epub 2018 Aug 29 doi: 10.5603/FM.a2018.0078. PMID: 30155873
Hernández-Alfaro F, Arenaz Búa J, Serra Serrat M, Mareque Bueno J
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011 Jan;40(1):110-3. Epub 2010 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.07.006. PMID: 20728312
Woods RH, Johnson D
J Craniofac Surg 2010 Mar;21(2):448-9. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181cfe970. PMID: 20216454
Kang N, Kim SZ, Jung SN
J Craniofac Surg 2009 Mar;20(2):564-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819ba361. PMID: 19305258
Agrawal D, Steinbok P, Cochrane DD
Pediatr Neurosurg 2006;42(3):135-7. doi: 10.1159/000091854. PMID: 16636612

Clinical prediction guides

Ha SW, Jung YJ, Bae HS, Ryoo HM, Cho IS, Baek SH
Angle Orthod 2018 Jul;88(4):416-424. Epub 2018 Apr 17 doi: 10.2319/092617-647.1. PMID: 29664332Free PMC Article
Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
D'Antoni AV, Donaldson OI, Schmidt C, Macchi V, De Caro R, Oskouian RJ, Loukas M, Shane Tubbs R
Childs Nerv Syst 2017 Jun;33(6):909-914. Epub 2017 Apr 10 doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3406-1. PMID: 28396968
Kang N, Kim SZ, Jung SN
J Craniofac Surg 2009 Mar;20(2):564-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819ba361. PMID: 19305258
Soliman AT, Ramadan MA, Sherif A, Aziz Bedair ES, Rizk MM
Metabolism 2001 Aug;50(8):905-11. doi: 10.1053/meta.2001.24924. PMID: 11474477

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