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Craniotabes

Aka: Craniotabes

Definition
1. Thinning of skull outer table
Signs
1. Press firmly over occiput or Parietal Bones
2. Gives-way as if pressing on ping-pong ball
Differential Diagnosis
1. Rickets
2. Osteogenesis imperfecta
3. Hydrocephalus
4. Normal variant
  1. May be present in newborns
  2. Resolves by 1 month of age
  3. May persist normally at Suture lines

Craniotabes (C0392452)
Concepts	Congenital Abnormality (T019) , Disease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD10	P96.3
SnomedCT	82351006, 206589000, 88034002
English	CRANIOTABES, Neonatal craniotabes, craniotabes (physical finding), craniotabes, craniotabes was seen, Craniotabes, Craniotabes (disorder), craniotabes; neonatal, neonatal; craniotabes, Neonatal "craniotabes"
Dutch	craniotabes, craniotabes; neonataal, neonataal; craniotabes
French	Craniotabès
German	Kraniotabes
Italian	Craniotabe
Portuguese	Craniotabes
Spanish	Craneotabes, Neonatal craniotabes, Neonatal "craniotabes", craneotabes (trastorno), craneotabes, tabes craneal
Japanese	頭蓋癆, ｽﾞｶﾞｲﾛｳ, ﾄｳｶﾞｲﾛｳ
Czech	Kraniotabes
Hungarian	Craniotabes
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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