[An infantile skull fracture followed by the enlarging of the fracture line ("enlarging skull fracture") (author's transl)]. 1976

J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki

We experience sometimes an infantile skull fracture which is followed by the skull fracture line and bulging of the fractured area day by day after the head injury. Since John Howship reported the case of the partial absorption of the right parietal bone, arising from a blow on the head in a child aged 9 month in 1816, this phenomenon was variously described meningocele spuria, traumatic cephalohydrocele, leptomeningeal cyst, fibrosing osteitis, cerebrocranial erosion, traumatic meningocele, die wachsende Schädelfrakture, growing skull fracture, etc. So called "growing skull fracture" has generally the triad of the symptoms which are the parietal skull fracture in infancy or childhood, traumatic dural tears, and subsequent enlargement of the fractures. And it is said that the dural tear is an indispensable condition for the developing of the "growing skull fracture". But we recently had the case of a 14 day old male infant who had neither traumatic dural tear nor subdural hematoma, but the progressive enlarging of the fracture line in the left parietal bone. The authors suggest that there should be the difference between the growing skull fracture (with the dural teat) and the enlarging skull fracture (without the dural tear).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007232 Infant, Newborn, Diseases Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts. Neonatal Diseases,Disease, Neonatal,Diseases, Neonatal,Neonatal Disease
D008297 Male Males
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D005599 Fractures, Ununited A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a false joint occurs. (Stedman, 25th ed) Fracture, Ununited,Ununited Fracture,Ununited Fractures
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012887 Skull Fractures Fractures of the skull which may result from penetrating or nonpenetrating head injuries or rarely BONE DISEASES (see also FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS). Skull fractures may be classified by location (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR), radiographic appearance (e.g., linear), or based upon cranial integrity (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED). Linear Skull Fracture,Skull Fracture, Linear,Skull Fracture, Non-Depressed,Non-Depressed Skull Fracture,Fracture, Non-Depressed Skull,Fracture, Skull,Fractures, Linear Skull,Fractures, Non-Depressed Skull,Fractures, Skull,Linear Skull Fractures,Non Depressed Skull Fracture,Non-Depressed Skull Fractures,Skull Fracture,Skull Fracture, Non Depressed,Skull Fractures, Linear,Skull Fractures, Non-Depressed

Related Publications

J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
January 1979, Ugeskrift for laeger,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
January 1981, Chirurgie pediatrique,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
February 1979, HNO,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
March 1977, Anales espanoles de pediatria,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
May 1979, Annales de pediatrie,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
February 1989, Neurologia medico-chirurgica,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
July 1973, Archiv fur orthopadische und Unfall-Chirurgie,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
July 1977, No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
March 1977, Unfallheilkunde,
J Ohmachi, and S Fukuma, and S Takemoto, and K Kakita, and R Sakaki
February 1975, No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery,
Copied contents to your clipboard!