Early Anterior Fontanelle Closure

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Early anterior fontanelle closure. Should i be worried. A 29 year old female asked. The age at which the anterior fontanelle closed in 1677 infants varied between 4 and 26 months with 90 between 7 and 19 months.

Small fontanel in children. It persists until approximately 18 24 months after birth after which it is known as the bregma the precise timing of the anterior fontanelle closure is quite variable and the research literature shows cases of closure from 6 months that may represent a normal. Causes of small fontanel in children early closure of fontanel in children.

Early closure can be normal but the baby s head circumference must be. Or is this normal his age. My 6 1 2 mo old ped.

The anterior fontanelle is found between the frontal bone and parietal bones. Small fontanel in children is a smaller. Craniosynostosis usually involves premature fusion of a single cranial suture but can involve more than one of the sutures in your baby s skull multiple suture.

Must always assess in conjunction with head circumference early fusion associated with microcephaly and less commonly macrocephaly. Injuries that break the skin over the anterior fontanelle in infants and toddlers require urgent attention but are very rare and usually associated with inflicted injury. 35 years experience pediatrics.

The anterior fontanel is the largest and most important for. The posterior fontanelle is located between the pair of parietal bones and the occipital bone. At birth an infant has six fontanels.