Metopic ridge

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 4 Nov 2022

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Citation:

Neto A, Knipe H, Metopic ridge. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-155412

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-155412

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/155412

rID:

155412

Article created:

28 Oct 2022, Antonio Rodrigues de Aguiar Neto ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Antonio Rodrigues de Aguiar Neto had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

4 Nov 2022, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Radiopaedia Events Pty Ltd, Speaker fees (past)
Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

4 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck

Sections:

Anatomy

Tags:

cranial suture, metopic suture, cases, case2, snippet

A metopic ridge refers to a variation in skull shape, characterized by a midline forehead ridge, which may occur either due to the physiological closure of the metopic suture or as a result of craniosynostosis of this suture ^1-3. It is essential to differentiate between the two conditions because metopic ridge due to physiological closure needs no treatment, and metopic craniosynostosis with trigonocephaly may require surgical treatment ^1-3.