Angonèse A, Sonnaert M, Rassart A, Gauquier N, Cavatorta E
Service de pédiatrie et de néonatologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Charleroi, 92, boulevard Paul-Janson, 6000 Charleroi, Belgique.
Arch Pediatr. 2010 Apr;17(4):391-3. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2010.01.009. Epub 2010 Mar 3.
We describe the case of a male newborn born at 37 weeks of gestation. Complete radiological assessment because of suspected skull fracture revealed the diagnosis of a bipartite parietal bone. A brief review of the literature shows the exceptional character of this anatomical variant, whose origin is unclear at the present time.