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Abnormal frontal bone morphology

MedGen UID:
867494
•Concept ID:
C4021873
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Abnormality of the frontal bone
 
HPO: HP:0430000

Definition

An abnormality of the frontal bone. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of Syndromic Craniosynostosis by Anterior and Posterior Vault Distraction Osteogenesis (A-PVDO).
Shen W, Cui J, Chen J, Yi J, Kong L, Sun B
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Mar-Apr 01;33(2):654-656. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008289. PMID: 34690305
Diagnosis and Management of Suture-Related Concerns of the Infant Skull.
Hersh DS, Bookland MJ, Hughes CD
Pediatr Clin North Am 2021 Aug;68(4):727-742. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.04.002. PMID: 34247705
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME--PART 1.
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pycnodysostosis at otorhinolaryngology.
Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
Frontal Sinus Volume and Frontal Bar Position Are Associated in Unicoronal Craniosynostosis.
Xu W, Gerety PA, Li J, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Apr;139(4):965e-974e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003180. PMID: 28350679
The Development of the Calvarial Bones and Sutures and the Pathophysiology of Craniosynostosis.
Ishii M, Sun J, Ting MC, Maxson RE
Curr Top Dev Biol 2015;115:131-56. Epub 2015 Oct 1 doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.07.004. PMID: 26589924
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME--PART 1.
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
Larizza L, Roversi G, Volpi L
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010 Jan 29;5:2. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-2. PMID: 20113479Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Diagnosis and Management of Suture-Related Concerns of the Infant Skull.
Hersh DS, Bookland MJ, Hughes CD
Pediatr Clin North Am 2021 Aug;68(4):727-742. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.04.002. PMID: 34247705
Pyriform aperture enlargement in all aspects.
Esen E, Bayar Muluk N, Altintoprak N, Ipci K, Cingi C
J Laryngol Otol 2017 Jun;131(6):476-479. Epub 2017 Feb 27 doi: 10.1017/S0022215117000391. PMID: 28238296
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME--PART 1.
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
Larizza L, Roversi G, Volpi L
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010 Jan 29;5:2. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-2. PMID: 20113479Free PMC Article
Progeria.
Mohamed Riyaz SS, Jayachandran S
Indian J Dent Res 2009 Oct-Dec;20(4):508-10. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.59442. PMID: 20139583

Therapy

Abandoning the Supraorbital Bandeau in Anterior Craniosynostosis Repairs, for a Single-Segment Reconstruction.
Fearon JA, Ditthakasem K, Garcia JC, Herbert M
Plast Reconstr Surg 2018 Sep;142(3):334e-341e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004649. PMID: 30148778
Pycnodysostosis at otorhinolaryngology.
Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME--PART 1.
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855
Pycnodysostosis: clinical, radiologic, and endocrine evaluation and linear growth after growth hormone therapy.
Soliman AT, Ramadan MA, Sherif A, Aziz Bedair ES, Rizk MM
Metabolism 2001 Aug;50(8):905-11. doi: 10.1053/meta.2001.24924. PMID: 11474477
Amphotericin B-associated leukoencephalopathy.
Walker RW, Rosenblum MK
Neurology 1992 Oct;42(10):2005-10. doi: 10.1212/wnl.42.10.2005. PMID: 1407584

Prognosis

Pyriform aperture enlargement in all aspects.
Esen E, Bayar Muluk N, Altintoprak N, Ipci K, Cingi C
J Laryngol Otol 2017 Jun;131(6):476-479. Epub 2017 Feb 27 doi: 10.1017/S0022215117000391. PMID: 28238296
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME--PART 1.
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855
Anterior plagiocephaly: epidemiology, clinical findings,diagnosis, and classification. A review.
Di Rocco C, Paternoster G, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Tamburrini G
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Sep;28(9):1413-22. Epub 2012 Aug 8 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1845-2. PMID: 22872257
Metopic synostosis.
van der Meulen J
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Sep;28(9):1359-67. Epub 2012 Aug 8 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1803-z. PMID: 22872249Free PMC Article
Nasal encephaloceles.
Hoving EW
Childs Nerv Syst 2000 Nov;16(10-11):702-6. doi: 10.1007/s003810000339. PMID: 11151720

Clinical prediction guides

Pycnodysostosis at otorhinolaryngology.
Baglam T, Binnetoglu A, Fatih Topuz M, Baş Ikizoglu N, Ersu R, Turan S, Sarı M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Apr;95:91-96. Epub 2017 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.02.009. PMID: 28576543
A comprehensive review of the anterior fontanelle: embryology, anatomy, and clinical considerations.
D'Antoni AV, Donaldson OI, Schmidt C, Macchi V, De Caro R, Oskouian RJ, Loukas M, Shane Tubbs R
Childs Nerv Syst 2017 Jun;33(6):909-914. Epub 2017 Apr 10 doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3406-1. PMID: 28396968
Frontal Sinus Volume and Frontal Bar Position Are Associated in Unicoronal Craniosynostosis.
Xu W, Gerety PA, Li J, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Apr;139(4):965e-974e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003180. PMID: 28350679
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND ANDROGEN EXCESS AND PCOS SOCIETY DISEASE STATE CLINICAL REVIEW: GUIDE TO THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME--PART 1.
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855
Anterior plagiocephaly: epidemiology, clinical findings,diagnosis, and classification. A review.
Di Rocco C, Paternoster G, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Tamburrini G
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Sep;28(9):1413-22. Epub 2012 Aug 8 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1845-2. PMID: 22872257

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