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Figure 4. Metopic Synostosis. Top view (A) and lateral view (B) schematics demonstrating trigonocephaly, or a triangular keel-shaped head. Compensatory calvarial growth (red lines) can lead to widening and increased height in the parietal region due to compensatory growth in a posterior direction following premature fusion of the metopic suture (blue dashed line).
