title: [Differential diagnosis of traumatic skull findings in infants: residues after vacuum extraction].
abstract: If autopsy findings in an infant show traumatic changes on the skullcap, these are not always the result of a postnatal trauma due to child abuse, a fall or another accidental event. With regard to differential diagnosis a birth trauma should also be kept in mind, so that the history of the delivery is important. The spectrum of possible residues after vacuum extraction (circular fracture and/or elevation of the outer table of skull bones, subperiostal and intraossal haematoma, extradural and subdural haemorrhage) is demonstrated by means of three examples from the forensic autopsy material.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Freiburg i. Br.
authors.forename: Wolf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rupp
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ropohl
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bohnert
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000473:pathology*; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000473:pathology*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000473:pathology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*; D014620:Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects*