Metopism: Anatomical, Clinical and Surgical Aspects

Çakın, Hakan; Kazan, Saim

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72338-5_9

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“…At birth, during expulsion through the birth canal, these bones can cross one over the other, and this helps reduce the circumference of the head. Second, these fibrous joints, or sutures, slowly close at different times after birth allowing the skull to grow as the brain increases [1].…”

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“…The term "metopism" refers to the persistence of the metopic suture in adulthood, and comes from the Latin metŏpa and from the Greek metópē which means "in the middle of the face" [1]. Metopism is generally a clinically significant radiological finding, since in addition to being confused with a frontal bone fracture, a persistent metopic suture can be associated with other important anatomical variations, including frontal sinus anomalies [5].…”

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Metopism: An anatomical variant that the physician should take into account

Morales Vega,

Rojas-Granados,

Arellano-Rivera

et al. 2024

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Introduction: During childhood these sutures close, forming the characteristic sutures of the skull, one of these is the frontal suture, which joins the two frontal bones perfectly, simulating a single frontal bone. However, this suture can persist into adulthood, giving an anatomical variant known as metopism. Case Report: A 19-year-old Mexican male presented with high-energy trauma related to a traffic accident while riding a motorcycle without wearing a safety helmet. A simple skull computed tomography (CT) was considered due to moderate risk factors for traumatic brain injury (TBI), based on the Master’s classification, progressive headache, presence of hematoma, facial injuries. When performing the simple skull tomography, persistence of the metopic suture was observed. Conclusion: Metopism has generally been reported as a postmortem finding in population studies aimed at its search. This report has special attention because it was identified as a differential diagnosis of a skull fracture following a traumatic brain injury. The important finding that differentiates metopic suture from a fracture is the presence of serrated and sclerotic edges. A persistent metopic suture can be easily diagnosed by an anteriorposterior radiograph.

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confidence: 99%