title: Parturitional injury of the head and neck.
abstract: Parturitional injuries refer to injuries sustained during and secondary to fetal delivery. The skull, brain, and head and neck regions are frequently involved. Accurate differentiation and classification of the various injuries is essential for treatment, prognosis, and parental counseling. In this review, we discuss the various "bumps and lumps" that maybe encountered along the neonatal skull as well as the most frequent calvarial and intracranial parturitional injuries. In addition, a short discussion of the most common head and neck, facial, and spinal lesions is included. Various mimickers and risk factors are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Thierry A G M
authors.initials: TAGM
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.affiliation: Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Thangamadhan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bosemani
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekes
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poretti
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Neonatal; head; neck; trauma