Large intradiploic growing skull fracture of the posterior fossa.
Growing skull fractures (GSFs) are rare complications of head injury and mostly occur in infancy and early childhood. Location in the posterior fossa and intradiploic development of a GSF is very uncommon. We report a 7-year-old boy with a large, 9 x 7 x 4-cm, occipital intradiploic GSF. The lesion developed progressively over a period of 5 years following a documented occipital linear fracture. This case of a GSF developing from a known occipital linear fracture demonstrates that a GSF may reach a considerable size and, although uncommon, intradiploic development and occipital localization of a GSF is possible.
Hamamcioglu
M Kemal
MK
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. mkemalh2@yahoo.com
Hicdonmez
Tufan
T
Kilincer
Cumhur
C
Cobanoglu
Sebahattin
S
D000058:Accidental Falls; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed