Lacunar Skull
A skull, the diploë of which is characterised by irregular rarefactions or shadowy depressions and a smooth outer contour, which is seen radiologically over the frontoparietal region in 50% of those with meningocele or meningomyelocele, which may be complicated by hydrocephalusSegen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Vault shows heterogeneous ossification,
Lacunar skull, Synostosis.
These convolutional markings should be differentiated from Luckenschadel (
lacunar skull), which is due to mesenchymal dysplasia of calvarial ossification.
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