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Premature fusion of anterior fontanelle

samik.hiran
in Neurological Disorders

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hi

what are your views about a 3 month old baby with closed anterior fontanelle? no sutural over-riding. OFC at 50th centile. 

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  • 2 weeks later...

No other symptoms? Otherwise I would say that closure varies a lot from 3 to 18 months. If head shape does'nt suggest premature synostosis I would declare it as normal. 

/Urban 

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