Presentation
Head trauma.
Patient Data
Age: 16 years
Gender: Male
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Depressed skull fracture
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Depressed skull fracture with comminuted fragments noted in the left frontal bone, associated with minimal epidural haemorrhage measuring 5 mm, as well as a few air foci.
Case Discussion
Depressed skull fractures are usually as a result of a high energy trauma to the skull.
They can be associated with different types of intracranial haemorrhage, pneumocephalus or CSF leak.
Depressed skull fractures usually require elevation of the depressed fragments when are depressed deeper than the adjacent inner table.
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