A metopic suture observed in a 91-year-old Japanese male.
We encountered a complete ectometopic suture in a 91-year-old Japanese male cadaver during a gross anatomy course. It was observed in one of 26 skulls aged from 62 to 92 years and was about 13 cm in length from the bregma to the nasion. It is rare to encounter the metopic suture in a person of advanced age, as in the present case.
Nakatani
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Department of Anatomy II, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Tanaka
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Mizukami
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged