Presentation
An infant was accidentally dropped
Patient Data
Age: 4 months
Gender: Female
From the case:
Infantile parietal fracture acutely and at 4 months
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Longitudinal left parietal fracture.
From the case:
Infantile parietal fracture acutely and at 4 months
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Four months after the injury a repeat study was obtained. There is a left longitudinal skull indentation along the previously noted fracture line.
Case Discussion
It is well known that infants who suffer accidental falls can develop parietal skull fractures. There is not much information about the imaging appearance of these fractures over time. In this case, at 4 months the fracture is gone, but a groove is apparent on 3D reconstruction at the fracture line.