title: [The expanding skull fracture (author's transl)].
abstract: An expanding skull fracture with exceptional extension into the frontal sinus, the orbit and the ethmoidal cells is discussed. A 12 year old boy fell down the stairs at the age of 8 years and fractured his left frontal bone with extension to the base of the skull. He was seen because of a swelling of the scalp, an intermittent orbital oedema and convulsions. At neurosurgery a large gaping fracture of the frontal bone was found and this was interposed with fibrous tissue and relatively denatured cerebral tissue. The management both neurosurgical and rhinological is discussed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000293:injuries; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Die wachsende Schädelfraktur aus neurochirurgischer und HNO-ärztlicher Sicht.