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AUTOPSY STUDY ON INCIDENCE OF METOPIC SUTURE IN BHAVNAGAR REGION OF GUJARAT

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Ritesh R Bhabhor — Tutor Forensic Medicine Department Government Medical College Bhavnagar - 364001.
Amit P Parmar — Prof. & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine Govt. Medical College, Bhavnagar-364001 Gujarat.
Published 30 Jan 2019 Vol. 35 No. 2 (2018), pp. 34-36
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Abstract

Introduction: 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. Objective: To find the incidence of metopism in Bhavnagar region and to compare it with other study in other parts of India. Methodology: This study was carried out on 500 cases brought to mortuary complex of Sir T. General Hospital, Bhavnagar for post-mortem examination. Results: 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. Conclusion: 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. 

KeywordsMetopic sutureMetopismFrontal boneSkull

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