Bipartite parietal bone: A rare cause of plagiocephaly

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 248-250

  Bessell Browne, Richard J ^a,b   Thonell, Sven ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipartite; Computed tomography; Parietal bone; Plagiocephaly

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKULL MALFORMATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYNOSTOSIS;

CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; PARIETAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3843051373     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01281.x     Document Type: Review

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