diastatic fracture is fracture most commonly along the which suture line ?
Correct Answer: saggital sutures
Description: Distatic Fractures : m/c along saggital sutures * when the fracture line transverses one or more sutures of the skull causing a widening of the suture usually seen in infants and young children as the sutures are not yet fused * it can also occur in adults usually affects the lamboidal suture does not fully fuse in adults until about the age of 60. * Sutural diastasis may also occur in various congenital disorders such as cleidocranial dysplasia and osteogenesis imperfecta ref : naryanareddy 9th ed
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