Metopic ridge

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Metopic ridge

Call your health care provider if you notice a ridge along your infant's forehead or a ridge forming on the skull.

The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about the child's medical history.

Questions may include:

• When did you first notice this?
• Are there any other ridged sutures?
• Does the child have any other symptoms?

Diagnostic tests may include:

• Head CT (maybe)
• Skull x-ray

No treatment or surgery is needed for a metopic ridge.

Review Date: 10/31/2009
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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