A newborn with a large mass: vacuum extraction-caused dura lesion

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Clinical Case Reports
|January 20, 2016
PubMed

We report on a newborn with a large, high parieto-frontally located mass after vacuum extraction. Imaging methods revealed a large subcutaneous collection of cerebrospinal fluid and hemorrhage. Traumatic dura lesions should be considered in neonates presenting with a large head lump after assisted delivery with vacuum extraction.

Keywords:
traumatic dura lesionvacuum extraction

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