title: Occipital depression fractures in childhood. A report of 14 cases.
abstract: In this paper, we present 14 cases with depression fracture of the occipital bone in pediatric age. There were 7 males and 7 females. Their ages ranged from 1 year to 15 years with a median of 5.8 years. The most common causes were: falling (8 cases); traffic accidents (2); assault (2 cases). Five of our 14 cases had compound fractures and the remaining 9 had closed fractures. Epidural and subdural hematomas were observed in 5 and 1 cases, respectively. There was significant improvement in 11 cases; two patients died.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berker
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis