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Accessory cranial suture

MedGen UID:
866720
Concept ID:
C4021067
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Accessory fontanelle; Extra cranial suture; Extra fontanelle; Supernumary cranial suture; Supernumary fontanelle
 
HPO: HP:0012800

Definition

A cranial suture that is in addition to canonical membrane-covered openings in the incompletely ossified skull of the fetus or newborn infant. [from HPO]

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Etiology

Gurses IA, Esenkaya A, Gayretli O, Kale A, Ozturk A, Tekes A
Surg Radiol Anat 2016 Apr;38(3):321-5. Epub 2015 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s00276-015-1556-y. PMID: 26399910
Celik S, Kazak Z, Ozer MA, Govsa F
Surg Radiol Anat 2014 Dec;36(10):981-8. Epub 2014 Apr 18 doi: 10.1007/s00276-014-1293-7. PMID: 24744137
Sanchez-Lara PA, Graham JM Jr, Hing AV, Lee J, Cunningham M
Am J Med Genet A 2007 Dec 15;143A(24):3243-51. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32073. PMID: 18000970
Hanihara T, Ishida H
J Anat 2001 Jun;198(Pt 6):707-25. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19860707.x. PMID: 11465863Free PMC Article
Ogino T, Sugawara M, Minami A, Kato H, Ohnishi N
J Hand Surg Br 1991 Dec;16(5):531-6. doi: 10.1016/0266-7681(91)90109-2. PMID: 1791365

Diagnosis

Koo ZP, Siew SF, Chainchel Singh MK
Leg Med (Tokyo) 2022 Feb;54:101971. Epub 2021 Oct 3 doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2021.101971. PMID: 34656422
Kiyak H, Seckin KD, Karakis L, Karacan T, Ozyurek ES, Resit Asoglu M
Fertil Steril 2020 Feb;113(2):463-465. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.10.026. PMID: 32106998
Guerrero Jazo FJ, Tovar Spinoza Z, Esparza Gutiérrez SV, Hernández Chávez E, Monroy Rizo EJ
Childs Nerv Syst 2019 Nov;35(11):2233-2236. Epub 2019 Apr 29 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04153-9. PMID: 31037423
Naldemir IF, Guclu D, Baki Altınsoy H, Berk Canga H, Onbas O
Am J Emerg Med 2018 Mar;36(3):530.e7-530.e8. Epub 2017 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.12.046. PMID: 29277494
Wiedijk JEF, Soerdjbalie-Maikoe V, Maat GJR, Maes A, van Rijn RR, de Boer HH
Forensic Sci Int 2016 Mar;260:e11-e13. Epub 2016 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.01.025. PMID: 26860068

Therapy

Takeuchi S, Horikawa M, Wakamatsu H, Hashimoto J, Nawashiro H
Pediatr Emerg Care 2014 Feb;30(2):117-9. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000078. PMID: 24488163

Prognosis

Kiyak H, Seckin KD, Karakis L, Karacan T, Ozyurek ES, Resit Asoglu M
Fertil Steril 2020 Feb;113(2):463-465. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.10.026. PMID: 32106998
Eklund MJ, Carver KC, Stalcup ST, Riemer EC, Taylor MA, Hill JG
Clin Imaging 2016 Jul-Aug;40(4):806-9. Epub 2016 Mar 22 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.03.010. PMID: 27130985
Takahashi Y, Kakizaki H, Nakano T, Asamoto K, Ichinose A, Iwaki M
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2011 Nov-Dec;27(6):457-9. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318222eb82. PMID: 21785380
Baaten PJ, Haddad M, Abi-Nader K, Abi-Ghosn A, Al-Kutoubi A, Jurjus AR
Clin Anat 2003 Mar;16(2):148-51. doi: 10.1002/ca.10050. PMID: 12589670
Ogino T, Sugawara M, Minami A, Kato H, Ohnishi N
J Hand Surg Br 1991 Dec;16(5):531-6. doi: 10.1016/0266-7681(91)90109-2. PMID: 1791365

Clinical prediction guides

Muroi A, Enomoto T, Ihara S, Ishikawa E, Inagaki T, Matsumura A
Childs Nerv Syst 2021 Feb;37(2):567-572. Epub 2020 Aug 7 doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04844-8. PMID: 32767105
Kiyak H, Seckin KD, Karakis L, Karacan T, Ozyurek ES, Resit Asoglu M
Fertil Steril 2020 Feb;113(2):463-465. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.10.026. PMID: 32106998
Naldemir IF, Guclu D, Baki Altınsoy H, Berk Canga H, Onbas O
Am J Emerg Med 2018 Mar;36(3):530.e7-530.e8. Epub 2017 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.12.046. PMID: 29277494
Takahashi Y, Kakizaki H, Nakano T, Asamoto K, Ichinose A, Iwaki M
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2011 Nov-Dec;27(6):457-9. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318222eb82. PMID: 21785380
Hanihara T, Ishida H
J Anat 2001 Jun;198(Pt 6):707-25. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19860707.x. PMID: 11465863Free PMC Article

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