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Craniotabes
- Definition
- Thinning of skull outer table
- Signs
- Press firmly over occiput or parietal bones
- Gives-way as if pressing on ping-pong ball
- Differential Diagnosis
- Rickets
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Hydrocephalus
- Normal variant
- May be present in newborns
- Resolves by 1 month of age
- May persist normally at Suture lines
Craniotabes (C0392452) | |
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| Concepts | Congenital Abnormality (T019) , Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| English | Craniotabes, Neonatal "craniotabes", Neonatal craniotabes |
| Spanish | craneotabes, tabes craneal |
| Parent Concepts | Bone Diseases, Developmental (C0005941), Osteoporosis (C0029456), Degenerative disorder (C1285162), Disorder of skull (C1290854) |
| Sources | DXP, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
