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Posterior Fontanelle Closure

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Dr. Omprakash Ashokrao Deshmukh MD

Hi I delivered a baby 4 and half month ago his posterior fontanelle closed only 90 percent when the remaining will get closed ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Omprakash Ashokrao Deshmukh ( Pediatrician)
Dr.   Olsi Taka MD

atrophy with microcephaly . 2. Bone window show closure of suture and posterior fontanelle. Only small anterior fontanelle is mildly patent. what shall I do and what will happen to him. Is it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olsi Taka ( Neurologist)
Dr.  Pradeep Kumar MD

Hi I delivered a baby 3 months ago his posterior fontanelle is Stoll not closed has a very little dent when it'll get closed .My baby is not crying for small injury like scratching nails etc only he is ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pradeep Kumar ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

My baby is 1 year 2 months old. The fontanelle are is not yet closed. Please can you advise ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Pradeep Kumar MD

hi my baby is 9 month old. We took him for vaccination yeaterday.& the ped told that his anterior fontanelle is slightly large for 9 months & it should close by 12 months. We XXXXXXX giving him vit d drops ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pradeep Kumar ( Pediatrician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.  Dhanwant Rai Sood MD

My 14 year old step daughter was born with a large posterior fontanelle. By age three it had fused in the center leaving two quarter sized fontanelle about the size of a quarter. At that time there ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dhanwant Rai Sood ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

My almost 7 months old son s posterior soft spot is not closed , he keeps getting dents whenever he ... still can be touched . Is it normal for the posterior sport spot not to close at this age ? His anterior... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Bimal Desai MD

What does an early closing fontanelle indicate? I saw a 5 month old baby and his fontanelle felt .... Also another baby at 4 months her fontanelle had nearly closed yet at 12 months she was progressing... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bimal Desai ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

Hi My daughter is just turned into three years and she is doing good and all milestones she developed on time but my point of worry is her posterior fontanelles still open slightly...And I start ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)
Dr. Harikrishna Yamjala MD

i observed that her fontanelle bulge but she does not have a fever, she was just fussy then on the next day her fontanelle went back to normal. what is the cause of her bulging fontanelle? is that ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harikrishna Yamjala ( Emergency Medicine Specialist)