Author/Editor | Giannakopoulou, Christina C; Hassan, Elsheikh A; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria G; Koumantakis, Eugene E | |
Title | Congenital depression of the skull. A case report | |
Translated title | Prirojena vboklina lobanje. Prikaz primera | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Radiol Oncol | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 31, št. 4 | |
Publication year | 1997 | |
Volume | str. 345-7 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Congenital depressions of the calvaria are rare. They are usually due to exaggerated or prolonged mechanical pressure applied to the head before or during birth. A female newborn, 3200 grams, was delivered after 38 weeks of gestationby cesarean section due to fetal distress. At birth, physical examination revealed a depression of 5 cm in diameter and 2 cm in depth on the upper and back part of the right parietal bone. The neurological examination was normal and the CT scan showed no associated fractures. Due to the absence of abnormal neurological symptoms conservative management was followed. By the age of 6 month, the neonate follow up relealed normal development and tendency to spontaneous resolution. | |
Summary | Prirojene vbokline lobanje so redke. Običajno nastanejo zaradi mehanskih vzrokov ali dlje trajajočega pritiska na glavo pred ali med porodom. Opisan je primer 3200 g težke novorjenke, pri kateri je bil zaradi nevarnosti porodne stiske v 38. tednu gestacijske starosti narejen carski rez. Po porodu so s kliničnim pregledom ugotovili 5 cm veliko in 2 cm globoko uboklino, ki je ležala na zgornjem zadnjem delu temenice. Nevrološki pregled ni pokazal drugih simptomov, pravtako na CT slikah ni bilo videti zloma kosti. Ker niso odkrili nevroloških znakov bolezni, so novorojenko konzervativno zdravili. Pri 6 mesecih je bil otrok na pregledu normalno razvit, vboklina pa se je spontano zmanjšala. | |
Descriptors | SKULL CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES PARIETAL BONE INFANT, NEWBORN CEPHALOMETRY |