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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.

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