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Small fontanelle

MedGen UID:
99126
•Concept ID:
C0456133
•
Finding
Synonym: Small fontanel
SNOMED CT: Small fontanelle (276710001)
 
HPO: HP:0005486

Definition

A fontanelle that is small for age. [from HPO]

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PubMed

A new parameter for the management of positional plagiocephaly: the size of the anterior fontanelle matters.
Wendling-Keim DS, Macé Y, Lochbihler H, Dietz HG, Lehner M
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Feb;36(2):363-371. Epub 2019 Jun 17 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04215-y. PMID: 31209640

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A new parameter for the management of positional plagiocephaly: the size of the anterior fontanelle matters.
Wendling-Keim DS, Macé Y, Lochbihler H, Dietz HG, Lehner M
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Feb;36(2):363-371. Epub 2019 Jun 17 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04215-y. PMID: 31209640

Diagnosis

Perinatal anterior cerebral artery Doppler flow indexes: methods and preliminary results.
Mirro R, Gonzalez A
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1987 May;156(5):1227-31. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(87)90151-7. PMID: 2953247

Therapy

Minor head trauma and linear skull fracture in infants: cranial ultrasound or computed tomography?
Trenchs V, Curcoy AI, Castillo M, Badosa J, Luaces C, Pou J, Navarro R
Eur J Emerg Med 2009 Jun;16(3):150-2. doi: 10.1097/mej.0b013e328321b7b5. PMID: 19425245

Prognosis

Minor head trauma and linear skull fracture in infants: cranial ultrasound or computed tomography?
Trenchs V, Curcoy AI, Castillo M, Badosa J, Luaces C, Pou J, Navarro R
Eur J Emerg Med 2009 Jun;16(3):150-2. doi: 10.1097/mej.0b013e328321b7b5. PMID: 19425245
Perinatal anterior cerebral artery Doppler flow indexes: methods and preliminary results.
Mirro R, Gonzalez A
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1987 May;156(5):1227-31. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(87)90151-7. PMID: 2953247

Clinical prediction guides

A new parameter for the management of positional plagiocephaly: the size of the anterior fontanelle matters.
Wendling-Keim DS, Macé Y, Lochbihler H, Dietz HG, Lehner M
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Feb;36(2):363-371. Epub 2019 Jun 17 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04215-y. PMID: 31209640
Minor head trauma and linear skull fracture in infants: cranial ultrasound or computed tomography?
Trenchs V, Curcoy AI, Castillo M, Badosa J, Luaces C, Pou J, Navarro R
Eur J Emerg Med 2009 Jun;16(3):150-2. doi: 10.1097/mej.0b013e328321b7b5. PMID: 19425245

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