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Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy
Cephalhematomas occurring in newborn usually resolve within a month. Rarely, they tend to ossify and present as hard scalp swelling. Unless one is aware of this possibility, this condition may be misinterpreted as bony tumor and cause needless apprehension to parents as well as the treating physicia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553385 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_181_16 |
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author | Krishnan, Prasad Karthigeyan, Madhivanan Salunke, Pravin |
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description | Cephalhematomas occurring in newborn usually resolve within a month. Rarely, they tend to ossify and present as hard scalp swelling. Unless one is aware of this possibility, this condition may be misinterpreted as bony tumor and cause needless apprehension to parents as well as the treating physician. A suspicion that ossified cephalhematoma (OC) could present in such a manner supported by careful history taking and relevant imaging (X-ray/computed tomography) would help in appropriate evaluation of this benign condition. The management of OC is controversial. Occasionally, they undergo spontaneous remodeling. Those with secondary craniosynostosis and/or disfigurement are treated surgically. Simple ossified lesions with no significant cosmetic issues may be conservatively tackled. We report such a case in a 3-month-old child. The other management options are briefly discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-54377932017-05-26 Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy Krishnan, Prasad Karthigeyan, Madhivanan Salunke, Pravin J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Cephalhematomas occurring in newborn usually resolve within a month. Rarely, they tend to ossify and present as hard scalp swelling. Unless one is aware of this possibility, this condition may be misinterpreted as bony tumor and cause needless apprehension to parents as well as the treating physician. A suspicion that ossified cephalhematoma (OC) could present in such a manner supported by careful history taking and relevant imaging (X-ray/computed tomography) would help in appropriate evaluation of this benign condition. The management of OC is controversial. Occasionally, they undergo spontaneous remodeling. Those with secondary craniosynostosis and/or disfigurement are treated surgically. Simple ossified lesions with no significant cosmetic issues may be conservatively tackled. We report such a case in a 3-month-old child. The other management options are briefly discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5437793/ /pubmed/28553385 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_181_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Krishnan, Prasad Karthigeyan, Madhivanan Salunke, Pravin Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy |
title | Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy |
title_full | Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy |
title_fullStr | Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy |
title_full_unstemmed | Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy |
title_short | Ossified Cephalhematoma: An Unusual Cause of Calvarial Mass in Infancy |
title_sort | ossified cephalhematoma: an unusual cause of calvarial mass in infancy |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553385 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_181_16 |
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