title: Surgical Treatment of Ossified Cephalhematoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cephalhematoma is more frequently associated with hard labor of infancy, but the incidence of ossified cephalhematoma is a rare clinical entity.
  
  
  METHODS
  This case report presents a 2-month-old infant with an ossified cephalhematoma who was treated successfully by excision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cephalhematoma goes to an ossification process rather than a calcification one. Surgery should be used to shave off the ossified cephalhematoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Luotong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China. Electronic address: jaydongdcy@sina.com.
authors.forename: Chengyuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Cephalhematoma; Ossification; Surgery