Zahra Haider Bokhari, Yasoob Ali, Sm Samee, Raafea Tafweez.
A study of Wormian Bones in Dried Human Skulls.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;13(4):199-202.

Objectives: This study aims to highlight the presence of these bones at the skull sutures to avoid errors in misdiagnosing skull fractures. Methods: The present study was carried out on 75 adult dried human skulls taken from the Anatomy department, King Edward Medical University, Lahore. The presence of these bones at the coronal, sagittal, lambdoid sutures, anterior, posterior, anterolateral & posterolateral fontanelle was observed. Photography was done. Results: In our study, 65.3% of skulls showed the presence of wormian bones. 40% of skull had wormian bones on both side of the skull. The lambdoid suture showed the maximum incidence of these bones (58.6%) followed by asterion (34.6%). The incidence of these bones at the other sutures was very small. No wormian bone was observed at the bregma in our study. Conclusion: Our study has reported a 65.3% incidence of wormian bones in our population. The knowledge of the presence of wormian bones in the skull sutures may be useful in clinical practice to the Radiologists, Neurosurgeons & in forensic medicine.

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