title: Soft tissue swelling and acute skull fractures.
abstract: To determine whether soft tissue swelling, as identified by computed tomography, invariably accompanies acute calvarial fracture, the computed tomography scans of 35 children aged 3 months to 8 years with acute skull fractures were evaluated. Bone window settings revealed at least 4 mm of soft tissue swelling in all instances. We conclude that a skull fracture without overlying soft tissue swelling demonstrable by computed tomography is probably inconsistent with an acute injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Kleinman
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Spevak
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed