title: [Skull fracture or bipartite parietal bone].
abstract: We describe the case of a male newborn born at 37 weeks of gestation. Complete radiological assessment because of suspected skull fracture revealed the diagnosis of a bipartite parietal bone. A brief review of the literature shows the exceptional character of this anatomical variant, whose origin is unclear at the present time.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie et de néonatologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Charleroi, 92, boulevard Paul-Janson, 6000 Charleroi, Belgique. angoneseamelie@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angonèse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonnaert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rassart
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gauquier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cavatorta
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004453:Echoencephalography; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D049068:Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014620:Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects