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Fontanelas excesivamente grandes - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Mollera grande

Definición:

Las fontanelas excesivamente grandes son puntos blandos de un tamaño mayor al esperado para la edad de un bebé. En un bebé, los espacios donde los huesos del cráneo se juntan, pero no se unen completamente, se denominan puntos blandos o fontanelas (mollera o fontículo).

Consideraciones generales:

Las fontanelas permiten el crecimiento del cráneo durante el primer año de vida del bebé. El cierre lento o incompleto de los huesos del cráneo muy a menudo es la causa de una fontanela ancha.

Para obtener información general, ver el artículo fontanelas.

Causas comunes:

Las fontanelas de un tamaño mayor al normal son causadas más comúnmente por:

Las causas más inusuales:

  • Fecha de revisión: 11/14/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Deirdre O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc
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