Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Abnormality of cranial sutures
HP:0011329
What it means
Any anomaly of a cranial suture, that is one of the six membrane-covered openings in the incompletely ossified skull of the fetus or newborn infant.
Rare diseases that can present with this1
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Abnormality of the bregma sutures · Abnormality of the calvarium sutures · Abnormality of the cranial sutures · Abnormality of the skull suture
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