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Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones)
Roland Talanow. Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020303175754
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| | Author/s: | Roland Talanow (Cleveland/USA) | |
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| | Age: | 5 Years | |
| | Gender: | Female | |
| | Region-Organ: | Head-Bones | |
| | Most likely etiology: | congenital | |
| | History: | 5 year-old girl without clinical symptoms. Incidental finding on a skull radiograph, which was done because of cranial trauma. | |
| | Pathomorphology or Pathophysiology of this disease : | Abnormal ossifications within the skull sutures. They are more frequent present in skull dysplasias (i.e. Osteogenesis imperfecta). | |
| | Radiological findings: |
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X-Ray 1: Within the sutures, mostly longitudinal ossification centers. The skull shape is not altered.
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X-Ray 2: Within the sutures, mostly longitudinal ossification centers (arrows). The skull shape is not altered.
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X-Ray 3: Lateral view
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| | Diagnosis confirmation: | Expert's opinion | |
| | Which DD would be also possible with the radiological findings: | Skull fracture | |
| | Course / Prognosis / Frequency / Other : | N/A | |
| | Comments of the author about the case: | N/A | |
| | First description / History: | According to H.W. Hayek (see literature), wormian bones were named after the danish anatomist, Olaus Wormius (18th century). | |
| | Literature: | 1. Medline: 
H.W. Hayek
Schädel; in Kinderradiologie Band 1, Herausgeber W.Schuster, D.Färber
Springer-Verlag 1966 | |
| | Keywords: | Wormian, bones, ossifications, cranial, multiple ossifications, cranial suture, Wormian bones, child, childhood, pediatric radiology | |
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Roland Talanow. Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020303175754 |
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Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones)
Roland Talanow. Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020303175754
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Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones)
Roland Talanow. Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020303175754
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Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones)
Roland Talanow. Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020303175754
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Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones)
Roland Talanow. Multiple ossifications within cranial sutures (WORMIAN bones). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020303175754
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