One of the cranial sutures — the wiggly lines on a skull where the individual bones fuse during life — was already closed, which does not normally happen until a person is older than 65.

One of the most common but often overlooked problems resulting from skull trauma is the cranial suture injury. Cranial suture injuries occur when the skull is thrown against an immovable object ...

Head growth of the fetus and infant is largely determined by brain growth. The brain reaches 90% of adult size by 1 year of age; it is 95% of its ultimate adult size by 6 years of age and growth ...

Conditions associated with skull demineralization ... to preoperative and poserative changes in cranial volume and corresponding shifts in bones and sutures. Positioning limitations imposed ...