Open AccessTranscranial Sonogram Through a Sutural Fracture for the Assessment of Posttraumatic Intracranial Mass Lesion in a Child
Author(s) -
Tim Nottidge,
Inuasit Edemekong,
Jude Kennedy C. Emejulu,
Tayo Shokunbi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of diagnostic medical sonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 8756-4793
pISSN - 1552-5430
DOI - 10.1177/8756479307313277
Subject(s) - medicine , skull fracture , lesion , skull , hemiparesis , mass/lesion , surgery , fracture (geology) , head injury , mass effect , head trauma , radiology , computed tomography , geotechnical engineering , engineering
The authors present the case of a 7-year-old child with moderate head injury and a closed skull fracture managed nonoperatively. A sonogram through the skull fracture was valuable in determining that there was no significant posttraumatic intracranial mass lesion. The boy was discharged home fully conscious and ambulant and with a mild left hemiparesis.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom