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A skull fracture is a break in one or more of the eight bones that form the cranial portion of the skull, usually occurring as a result of blunt force trauma.If the force of the impact is excessive, the bone may fracture at or near the site of the impact and cause damage to the underlying structures within the skull such as the membranes, blood vessels, and brain.
Skull x-ray or CT scanning is used if neurological symptoms appear. These measurements are also used if concomitant depressed skull fracture is a possibility. Usual management is mainly observation. Phototherapy may be necessary if blood accumulation is significant leading to jaundice. Rarely, anaemia can develop needing blood transfusion.
A basilar skull fracture typically requires a significant degree of trauma to occur. [1] It is defined as a fracture of one or more of the temporal, occipital, sphenoid, frontal or ethmoid bone. [1] Basilar skull fractures are divided into anterior fossa, middle fossa and posterior fossa fractures. [1] Facial fractures often also occur. [1]
The linear fracture involves a break to the skull whereas the depressed fracture results in the scatter of skull fragments. [19] The skull fractures are mainly caused by incidents involving a vehicle, assault, or a fall. In more severe cases, penetrating skull fractures are caused by an object such as a metal rod or bullet breaking through the ...
There is also displaced skull fracture of left transverse parietal and temporal bones. [2] Specialty: Neurosurgery, pediatrics: Symptoms: Physical, cognitive, sensory, social, emotional, and behavioral symptoms: Types: Mild to severe [3] Causes: Trauma to the head [3] Risk factors: Old age, [3] alcohol: Diagnostic method: Based on neurological ...
A YouTube daredevil who claims he fractured his skull after jumping off a Texas bridge into a river says he wasn’t actually encouraging people to take similar leaps. Saa Fomba shared the video ...
An affidavit previously obtained by the local news stations stated that Jacob left his girlfriend's house, saying he was going to have dinner with his family.
A penetrating head injury, or open head injury, is a head injury in which the dura mater, the outer layer of the meninges, is breached. [1] Penetrating injury can be caused by high-velocity projectiles or objects of lower velocity such as knives, or bone fragments from a skull fracture that are driven into the brain.