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Craniotabes - Overview

Alternative Names

Congenital cranial osteoporosis

Definition of Craniotabes:

Craniotabes is a softening of the skull bones.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Craniotabes can be a normal finding in infants, especially premature infants. Studies suggest it occurs in up to one third of all newborn infants.

Craniotabes is a harmless finding in the newborn, unless it is associated with other problems, such as rickets and osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones).

  • Reviewed last on: 7/26/2007
  • Daniel Rauch, M.D., FAAP., Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.