Presentation
Head trauma.
Patient Data
Age: 8 months
Gender: Female
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Ping pong fracture
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depressed occipital bone fracture with inner buckling of the calvarium
associated small extra-axial hematoma
Case Discussion
Ping pong fractures are the equivalent of greenstick fractures of long bones. Spontaneous elevation in this type of fracture is extremely rare and the treatment is generally conservative.
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