title: Bregmatic wormian bone and metopic synostosis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. stotland@hitchcock.org
authors.forename: Mitchell A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stotland
authors.forename: Nicholas K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Thersia J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Knapik
mesh_terms: D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009030:Mosaicism / Q000145:classification; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics