Metopic ridge

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

The face

Metopic ridge

Overview

Treatment

Metopic ridge

Call your health care provider if:

Call your health care provider if you notice a ridge along the forehead of your infant or a ridge forming over any of the normal sutures of the skull.

What to expect at your health care provider's office:

The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about the patient's medical history.

Questions may include:

When did you first notice this?
Are there any other ridged sutures?
Does the child have any other symptoms?

Diagnostic tests may include:

Skull X-ray
Head CT (possible)

References:

Ridgway EB. Skull deformities. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2004; 51(2): 359-87.

Grainger RC, Allison D, Adam, Dixon AK. Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 4th ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2001:2484.

Review Date: 5/10/2006
Reviewed By: Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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