1Tutor, Forensic Medicine Department, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar-364001. Email: riteshbhabhor1812@gmail.com
2Prof. & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Bhavnagar-364001, Gujarat
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Amit P. Parmar, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Bhavnagar-364001, Gujarat. E mail: kda2308@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 December, 2018.
Metopic suture which is placed between frontal bone and usually disappear during infancy and childhood, may persist from nasion to anterior angle of bregma, this is called metopism.
To find the incidence of metopism in Bhavnagar region and to compare it with other study in other parts of India.
This study was carried out on 500 cases brought to mortuary complex of Sir T. General Hospital, Bhavnagar for post-mortem examination.
Two skulls (0.4%) had found metopic suture in the form of one complete metopic suture and another incomplete metopic suture. Thus metopism was observed in 0.4% cases.
The presence of metopic suture simulates the fracture of frontal bone, therefore it should be properly ruled out in X-rays by radiologists and neurosurgeons.
Metopic suture, Metopism, Frontal bone, Skull
