Non-traumatic depressed skull fracture in a neonate or 'ping pong' fracture

'Ping pong' fracture in a term infant.

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION We report a term infant born by emergency C-section for fetal bradycardia. Active labour was established at the time of section, resulting in the fetus being deeply impacted and diffi cult to extract. Baby was born pale and fl oppy but responded to infl ation breaths. Antenatal scans were unremarkable. She was noted to have a depression measuring 4×4 cm in the right parietal ...

Neonatal ping pong fracture SWISS SOCIETY OF NEONATOLOGY

Case of Compound Depressed Fracture of Skull

perature 99*8?; one copious stool. 13tli.?Temperature 98-2?. 14th.?Temperature (J8*4?, wound suppurated, feels better. 4 P. M. temperature 99-2?. 15th.?Temperature 98-4? ; sits up in bed, looks cheerful. 4 P. M. temperature 103?, had slight shivering. Kith.?Temperature 100-8?, some swelling and tension?on the left side of the wound, could not sleep last night. 4 p. m. temperature 102-4?, had sl...

A Depressed Compound Fracture of the Skull with Infection

The patient was admitted into the hospital on 25th July, 1934, with a contused wound on the head. On examination an infected wound was seen on the right side of the forehead 1 inch above the right eyebrow; it measured f inch long and extended down to the bone. The frontal bone was fractured and depressed and the patient deeply unconscious. There was marked ecchymosis of both the eyelids and the...

A Case of Depressed Fracture of the Skull