Presentation
Head trauma.
Patient Data
Age: Child
Gender: Male
From the case:
Skull fracture - linear
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Frontal

Long linear branching (inverted y shape) left parietal fracture. It ends perpendicular on the lambdoid suture.
From the case:
Skull fracture - linear
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Axial non-contrast

Left parietal linear branching (inverted y shape) fracture which ends perpendicular on the lambdoid and the squamosal sutures.
No underlying intra-cerebral, epidural or subdural hemorrhage.
Case Discussion
Linear skull fracture are usually more radiolucent than calvarial sutures with straightness and lack of serration along its edges.