Growing skull fracture in a patient with cerebral hemiatrophy.
A growing skull fracture or leptomeningeal cyst most commonly occurs in children under the age of 3 years, and is extremely rare in adults. The reason for a growing skull fracture is usually a dural tear in association with the fracture. This paper presents an 18-year-old mentally retarded patient with cerebral hemiatrophy (Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome) associated with a growing skull fracture in the ipsilateral hemicranium, in whom not only a dural tear but also the ipsilaterally displaced and dilated lateral ventricle due to the original disease apparently contributed to the development of growing skull fracture.
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Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology