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Growing skull fracture with an atypical mechanism: a case report
- Source :
- Nagoya Journal of Medical Science. 82(2):377-381
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine, 2020.
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Abstract
- Growing skull fractures (GSFs) are well-known but rare causes of pediatric head trauma. They generally occur several months after a head injury, and the main lesion is located under the periosteum. We herein report a case involving a 3-month-old boy with GSF that developed by a different mechanism than previously consid-ered. It developed 18 days after the head injury. A large mass containing cerebrospinal fluid and brain tissue was present within the periosteum. A good outcome was obtained with early strategic surgery. Injury to the inner layer of the periosteum and sudden increase in intracranial pressure might be related to GSF in this case.
- Subjects :
- pediatric
trauma
growing skull fracture
cranioplasty
duraplasty
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21863326
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.jairo.........03a0652eea92e7751845bc0d4ae30cbb