Congenital depression of the neonatal skull unassociated with birth trauma.
- Author:
Ji Sun WE
1
;
Ji Young KWON
;
In Yang PARK
;
Jong Chul SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolog, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. ooooobbbbb@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Congenital depression of the neonatal skull;
Three dimensional computed tomography
- MeSH:
Consensus;
Depression;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Mothers;
Parietal Bone;
Parturition;
Pregnancy;
Skull;
Skull Fracture, Depressed
- From:Korean Journal of Perinatology
2008;19(3):298-302
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In spite of the fact that there is general consensus that neonatal depressed skull fractures are caused largely by instrumental extraction, there are a few reports regarding congenital depression of the skull unrelated to external trauma. In the case herein, the mother did not have any history of abdominal trauma during pregnancy and the neonate was delivered vaginally without the use of instruments, yet a round depression was noted in the left parietal bone of the neonate at the time of delivery. Computed tomography with three dimensional reconstruction images was performed and a congenital depression of the neonatal skull without fracture was diagnosed. We describe this case with a brief review of the literature.
