A girl with a lacunar skull
Abdelmalik, N.; Op de Coul, M.E.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 154: A1595
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784 PMID: 21176262 Document Number: 641932
Following trauma, an X-ray was made of the head of a 5-year-old mentally impaired girl. A lacunar skull ('Lückenschädel') was seen, which was a coincidental finding. A lacunar skull develops when the fetal skull is poorly ossificated, probably due to a lack of distention of the cerebral ventricles.