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Depressed skull fracture in a newborn successfully managed conservatively: a case report
C T Lim1, M T Koh, V Sivanesaratnam
1Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
A preterm baby was born to a multiparous mother by emergency caesarean section at 36 weeks of gestation. Apart from a depression on the right temporo-parietal region measuring 3 cm x 3 cm x 0.5 cm, no other abnormality was noted. A CT scan of the brain excluded the presence of intracranial haematoma and pressure effect on the brain. Spontaneous reduction of the fracture without any adverse neurological sequelae suggests that these fractures can be managed conservatively in some instances.