Isolated Lacunar Skull Defect in a Newborn

Year 2022, , 159 - 163, 22.09.2022

Ayşen Sumru Kavurt , Nihal Demirel , Betül Cuni , Yasemin Tascı Yıldız , Ahmet Yağmur Baş

https://doi.org/10.46969/EZH.1155776

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Abstract

The lacunar skull is a fetal ossification disorder first defined in the early 19th century, commonly associated with spina bifida and meningocele, and rarely seen as an isolated defect. It is characterized by defects on the inner table of the skull, in the form of shallow depressions or deep cavitations causes the skull to appear fenestrated because of mesenchymal dysplasia during intramembranous ossification. These bone defects may be present in any part of the calvarium but most frequently occur in the parietal and frontal bones. Clinically, lacunar skull may be suspected, but the diagnosis usually depends on the roentgenographic appearance. We report a newborn diagnosed with severe lacunar skull defect without any congenital malformations however accompanying severe vitamin D deficiency of maternal origin.

Keywords

Lacunar skull, newborn, congenital malformation

Yenidoğanda İzole Laküner Kafa Deformitesi

Abstract

Laküner kafatası, ilk olarak 19. yüzyılın başlarında tanımlanan, genellikle spina bifida ve meningosel ile ilişkili, nadiren izole bir defekt olarak görülen bir fetal kemikleşme bozukluğudur. Kafatasının iç tabulasındaki yassı kemiklerde, intramembranöz kemikleşme sırasında gelişen mezenkimal displazisi nedeni ile oluşan, sığ veya derin boşluklarla karakterize bir kemikleşme kusurudur. Lezyonlar kafatasının herhangi bir bölümünde görülebilir ancak frontal, parietal ve üst oksipital kemiklerde daha belirgindir. Tanıda kafa grafisi bulguları önemlidir. Bu yazıda herhangi bir doğumsal malformasyonu olmayan, kafatasında büyük laküner defektleri olan ve ağır D vitamini eksikliği eşlik eden bir yenidoğan olgu sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Laküner kafatası, yenidoğan, doğumsal anomali

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