Presentation
Involved in road traffic accident and trauma to occipital region. No loss of consciousness or vomiting. GCS 14/15.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Persistent metopic suture
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Persistence of metopic suture.
From the case:
Persistent metopic suture
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VRT image showing persistence of metopic suture with normal unfused coronal and sagittal sutures.
Case Discussion
The metopic suture or frontal suture usually fuses around 9 months of age 1. Failure of metopic suture to fuse by adulthood is a normal anatomical variant and is called persistent metopic suture.