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Delayed Subaponeurotic Fluid Collection in an Infant Without Trauma: A Literature Review and Case Report
Jackson L Howell1, Thomas J Pittman2, Christopher Coop3
1Pediatrics, 81st Medical Group Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, USA.
Cureus
|August 27, 2025
Abstract:
Delayed subaponeurotic fluid collections (DSFCs) are benign, focal points of fluid collection beneath the scalp's aponeurosis. We present an infant with a complicated cesarian delivery followed by a persistent, 4-cm effusion on the patient's posterior cranium that remained for 9 months. The exact etiology of this clinical manifestation remains uncertain, but some distinctive characteristics are important for early recognition to ensure proper interventions are taken if necessary.
Keywords:
caput succedaneumcephalohematomamicro-fractureobstructed or prolonged laborpediatrics and neonatologysubaponeurotic (subgaleal) hemorrhage (sgh)subaponeurotic fluid collection - neonate
