Korean J Perinatol.  2008 Sep;19(3):298-302.

Congenital depression of the neonatal skull unassociated with birth trauma

• We JS
• Kwon JY
• Park IY
• Shin JC

Abstract

In spite of the fact that there is general consensus that neonatal depressed skull fractures are caused largely by instrumental extraction, there are a few reports regarding congenital depression of the skull unrelated to external trauma. In the case herein, the mother did not have any history of abdominal trauma during pregnancy and the neonate was delivered vaginally without the use of instruments, yet a round depression was noted in the left parietal bone of the neonate at the time of delivery. Computed tomography with three dimensional reconstruction images was performed and a congenital depression of the neonatal skull without fracture was diagnosed. We describe this case with a brief review of the literature.

Keyword

Congenital depression of the neonatal skull; Three dimensional computed tomography

MeSH Terms

Consensus
Depression
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Mothers
Parietal Bone
Parturition
Pregnancy
Skull
Skull Fracture, Depressed