Bregmatic wormian bone and metopic synostosis

J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Nov;23(7 Suppl 1):2015-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318262d6ad.

Abstract

We present a case of a 14-week-old girl with metopic synostosis and an incidental finding of a large, pentagonal bregmatic wormian bone. No prior photographic evidence of this combination of rare findings exists. An extensive review of the incidence, etiology, and significance of these unusual supernumerary cranial bones is provided in this study.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cranial Sutures / abnormalities*
  • Cranial Sutures / surgery
  • Craniosynostoses / diagnosis*
  • Craniosynostoses / surgery
  • Craniotomy / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Bone / abnormalities*
  • Frontal Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Mosaicism / classification
  • Parietal Bone / abnormalities*
  • Parietal Bone / surgery
  • Turner Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics