An accessory skull suture mimicking a skull fracture.
Forensic Sci Int
; 260: e11-e13, 2016 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26860068
ABSTRACT
This paper describes an investigation of the sudden and unexpected death of a five-and-a-half-month-old boy. As in every Dutch case of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), a multidisciplinary diagnostic approach was used. This included post-mortem radiography, showing a linear discontinuity of the parietal bone. Originally this was interpreted as a skull fracture, but autopsy indicated no signs of mechanical trauma. Instead the defect was defined as a unilateral accessory suture of the parietal bone. The initial erroneous diagnosis had severe adverse consequences and thus every health care professional or forensic specialist dealing with paediatric mechanical traumas should be cautious of this rare anomaly.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parietal Bone
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Cranial Sutures
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Year:
2016
Type:
Article