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What is the most commonly affected suture in syndromic craniosynostoses?
a) lamboid suture
b) sagittal suture
c) coronal suture
d) metopic suture
e) squamosal suture
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Answer
Answer c. The coronal suture is most involved in syndromic craniosynostoses (20-29% of all cases of craniosynostosis), while the sagittal suture is the most commonly involved suture overall (50-58% cases).
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.