Large intradiploic growing skull fracture of the posterior fossa
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Date
2006
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Springer
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Abstract
Growing skull fractures (GSFs) are rare complications of head injury and mostly occur in infancy and early childhood. Location in the posterior fossa and intradiploic development of a GSF is very uncommon. We report a 7-year-old boy with a large, 9x7x4-cm, occipital intradiploic GSF. The lesion developed progressively over a period of 5 years following a documented occipital linear fracture. This case of a GSF developing from a known occipital linear fracture demonstrates that a GSF may reach a considerable size and, although uncommon, intradiploic development and occipital localization of a GSF is possible.
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Keywords
Skull, Fracture, Complication, Growing Skull Fracture, Leptomeningeal Cyst, Child, Leptomeningeal Cyst, Meningoencephalocele
Journal or Series
Pediatric Radiology
WoS Q Value
Q3
Scopus Q Value
Q2
Volume
36
Issue
1
