Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Occipital Fracture or Mendosal Suture?:Case Report

Abstract

Sibel Caglar Atacan, Ajda Çetin Agırbas and Hatice Ak

In children plane film radiographies are still most cost-effective method in evaluating skull fractures but sometimes its difficult to differentiate sutures or vascular groves from fractures. Accesory sutures, such as the mendosal suture, may be misinterpreted as a skull fracture if additional views are not obtained.