title: Growing skull fractures.
abstract: Growing skull fractures are rare complications of severe closed head injury occurring almost exclusively in infants and children under the age of three. The reported incidence is between 0.05% and 0.6%. Two such cases were treated at our institution. Both cases presented with bulging mass and underlying skull defect two months after head injury. They received surgical treatment and achieved excellent results. Early diagnosis and surgical intervention are essential for these patients to prevent progressive brain damage. Therefore, close follow-up for patients at risk of developing growing skull fracture is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cheang
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jong
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Howng
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*