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[Growing skull fracture with rapid growth: a case report]. 1988

T Kuwata, and I Kamei, and Y Uematsu, and M Iwamoto, and T Kuriyama

Department of Neurosurgery, Wakayama Red Cross Hospital, Japan.

A case of growing skull fracture with rapid growth is presented. A 4-month-old male fell and struck the right side of his head. Skull X-ray just after injury showed a right parietotemporal linear skull fracture with the maximum width of 4 mm. The width of the fracture line increased to 9 mm 7 hours after injury. Serial CT scan demonstrated growth of contusional hematoma just beneath of the fracture. Six days later, a pulsatile mass was palpated beneath the scalp, although neurological state was normal. The width of the fracture line was demonstrated to increase up to 11 mm on X-ray at that time. CT scan revealed subgaleal cerebral herniation surrounded by brain edema. He was operated 11 days after injury. It is thought that the contusional hematoma and following brain edema played an important role in the genesis of rapid growth of the skull fracture.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D010294	Parietal Bone	One of a pair of irregularly shaped quadrilateral bones situated between the FRONTAL BONE and OCCIPITAL BONE, which together form the sides of the CRANIUM.	Bone, Parietal,Bones, Parietal,Parietal Bones
D004677	Encephalocele	Brain tissue herniation through a congenital or acquired defect in the skull. The majority of congenital encephaloceles occur in the occipital or frontal regions. Clinical features include a protuberant mass that may be pulsatile. The quantity and location of protruding neural tissue determines the type and degree of neurologic deficit. Visual defects, psychomotor developmental delay, and persistent motor deficits frequently occur.	Frontal Encephalocele,Hernia, Cerebral,Occipital Encephalocele,Acquired Encephalocele,Bifid Cranium,Cephalocele,Cerebellar Hernia,Cerebellar Herniation,Cranial Meningoencephalocele,Craniocele,Cranium Bifidum,Encephalocele, Acquired,Encephalocele, Frontal,Encephalocele, Occipital,Encephalocele, Sincipital,Notoencephalocele,Sincipital Encephalocele,Tonsillar Hernia,Tonsillar Herniation,Acquired Encephaloceles,Bifid Craniums,Bifidum, Cranium,Bifidums, Cranium,Cephaloceles,Cerebellar Hernias,Cerebellar Herniations,Cerebral Hernia,Cerebral Hernias,Cranial Meningoencephaloceles,Cranioceles,Cranium Bifidums,Cranium, Bifid,Craniums, Bifid,Encephaloceles,Encephaloceles, Acquired,Encephaloceles, Frontal,Encephaloceles, Occipital,Encephaloceles, Sincipital,Frontal Encephaloceles,Hernia, Cerebellar,Hernia, Tonsillar,Hernias, Cerebellar,Hernias, Cerebral,Hernias, Tonsillar,Herniation, Cerebellar,Herniation, Tonsillar,Herniations, Cerebellar,Herniations, Tonsillar,Meningoencephalocele, Cranial,Meningoencephaloceles, Cranial,Notoencephaloceles,Occipital Encephaloceles,Sincipital Encephaloceles,Tonsillar Hernias,Tonsillar Herniations
D006406	Hematoma	A collection of blood outside the BLOOD VESSELS. Hematoma can be localized in an organ, space, or tissue.	Hematomas
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
D013701	Temporal Bone	Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull).	Stylomastoid Foramen,Bone, Temporal,Temporal Bones
D014057	Tomography, X-Ray Computed	Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image.	CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography