Análise da presença de sutura metópica e de ossos suturais nos diferentes formatos de crânio separados por sexo

Abstract

The rising numbers of accidents involving head and neck regions makes it important to know about anatomical variations such as metopism and sutural bones since, given the rapid assessment of the imaging examination of traumatized patients, such findings can be confused with skull fractures, leading to diagnostic and planning errors. The objective was to analyze the presence of metopism and sutural bones in different skulls belonging to the Department of Human Anatomy of the Federal University of Uberlândia. The selected skulls were isolated into forty female and forty male skulls and classified as dolichocephalic, mesocephalic and brachycephalic. Then, the incidence of metopism and sutural bones was analyzed. The results were quantitatively evaluated using Kruskal Wallis statistical tests with p<0.05. Twenty-two were brachycephalic, eleven female and eleven male; thirty were mesocephalic, twelve female and eighteen male; and twenty-eight were dolichocephalic, seventeen female and eleven male. Six skulls with complete metopism were found, three female and three male; ten skulls with incomplete nasion type metopism, six female and four male; and fifty skulls with sutural bones. It is necessary to disseminate data that warn about the importance of knowing anatomical variations and being cautious when interpreting imaging exams of traumatized patients.