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Fracture of Skull Related to Birth

MedGen UID:
856656
•Concept ID:
C3897062
•
Finding
Synonym: Fracture of Skull Related to Birth Trauma

Definition

An injury sustained during the birthing process in which the continuity is broken in the skull. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFracture of Skull Related to Birth

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Skeletal injuries after cesarean section - a rare differential diagnosis of child abuse.
Küppers L, Schaffer C, Helbig M, Ritz-Timme S
Int J Legal Med 2023 May;137(3):671-677. Epub 2023 Feb 13 doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-02965-8. PMID: 36781443Free PMC Article
Infant abuse diagnosis associated with abusive head trauma criteria: incidence increase due to overdiagnosis?
Högberg U, Lampa E, Högberg G, Aspelin P, Serenius F, Thiblin I
Eur J Public Health 2018 Aug 1;28(4):641-646. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky062. PMID: 29672696Free PMC Article
Part 1: early recognition and treatment of birth trauma: injuries to the head and face.
Parker LA
Adv Neonatal Care 2005 Dec;5(6):288-97; quiz 298-300. doi: 10.1016/j.adnc.2005.09.001. PMID: 16338668

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Skull Fracture Healing in Children Up to 36 Months - A Cohort Analysis.
Lasiecka ZM, Pitot M, Chern BJ, Chern JJ, Kadom N
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 2023 Jul-Aug;52(4):253-256. Epub 2022 Nov 17 doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2022.11.008. PMID: 36473801
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown.
Stivaros S, Paddock M, Rajai A, Cliffe H, Connolly DJ, Dineen RA, Dixon R, Edwards H, Evans E, Halliday K, Jackson K, Landes C, Oates AJ, Stoodley N, Offiah AC
Arch Dis Child 2022 Jun;107(6):575-581. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323444. PMID: 35177407
Difficult birth is the main contributor to birth-related fracture and accidents to other neonatal fractures.
Högberg U, Fellman V, Thiblin I, Karlsson R, Wester K
Acta Paediatr 2020 Oct;109(10):2040-2048. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1111/apa.15217. PMID: 32034798
Alcohol-involved maxillofacial fractures.
Lee K, Olsen J, Sun J, Chandu A
Aust Dent J 2017 Jun;62(2):180-185. Epub 2016 Dec 27 doi: 10.1111/adj.12471. PMID: 27743391
Birth injury of the cranium and central nervous system.
Reichard R
Brain Pathol 2008 Oct;18(4):565-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00205.x. PMID: 18782168Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Skeletal injuries after cesarean section - a rare differential diagnosis of child abuse.
Küppers L, Schaffer C, Helbig M, Ritz-Timme S
Int J Legal Med 2023 May;137(3):671-677. Epub 2023 Feb 13 doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-02965-8. PMID: 36781443Free PMC Article
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown.
Stivaros S, Paddock M, Rajai A, Cliffe H, Connolly DJ, Dineen RA, Dixon R, Edwards H, Evans E, Halliday K, Jackson K, Landes C, Oates AJ, Stoodley N, Offiah AC
Arch Dis Child 2022 Jun;107(6):575-581. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323444. PMID: 35177407
Difficult birth is the main contributor to birth-related fracture and accidents to other neonatal fractures.
Högberg U, Fellman V, Thiblin I, Karlsson R, Wester K
Acta Paediatr 2020 Oct;109(10):2040-2048. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1111/apa.15217. PMID: 32034798
Birth injury of the cranium and central nervous system.
Reichard R
Brain Pathol 2008 Oct;18(4):565-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00205.x. PMID: 18782168Free PMC Article
Part 1: early recognition and treatment of birth trauma: injuries to the head and face.
Parker LA
Adv Neonatal Care 2005 Dec;5(6):288-97; quiz 298-300. doi: 10.1016/j.adnc.2005.09.001. PMID: 16338668

Therapy

Precision of vacuum cup placement and its association with subgaleal hemorrhage and associated morbidity in term neonates.
Kong CW, To WWK
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2024 Apr;309(4):1411-1419. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-07018-4. PMID: 37017783
Skeletal injuries after cesarean section - a rare differential diagnosis of child abuse.
Küppers L, Schaffer C, Helbig M, Ritz-Timme S
Int J Legal Med 2023 May;137(3):671-677. Epub 2023 Feb 13 doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-02965-8. PMID: 36781443Free PMC Article
Maternal and neonatal trauma following operative vaginal delivery.
Muraca GM, Boutin A, Razaz N, Lisonkova S, John S, Ting JY, Scott H, Kramer MS, Joseph KS
CMAJ 2022 Jan 10;194(1):E1-E12. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210841. PMID: 35012946Free PMC Article
A Unique Type of Birth Trauma Mistaken for Abuse.
Isaac CV, Cornelison JB, Castellani RJ, deJong JL
J Forensic Sci 2018 Mar;63(2):602-607. Epub 2017 Jun 12 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13557. PMID: 28605024
Alcohol-involved maxillofacial fractures.
Lee K, Olsen J, Sun J, Chandu A
Aust Dent J 2017 Jun;62(2):180-185. Epub 2016 Dec 27 doi: 10.1111/adj.12471. PMID: 27743391

Prognosis

Decision-Making Challenge of Ping-Pong Fractures in Children: Case Exemplification and Systematic Review of Literature.
Altieri R, Grasso E, Cammarata G, Garozzo M, Marchese G, Certo F, Ruggieri M, Falsaperla R, Barbagallo G
World Neurosurg 2022 Sep;165:69-80. Epub 2022 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.130. PMID: 35660672
Maternal and neonatal trauma following operative vaginal delivery.
Muraca GM, Boutin A, Razaz N, Lisonkova S, John S, Ting JY, Scott H, Kramer MS, Joseph KS
CMAJ 2022 Jan 10;194(1):E1-E12. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210841. PMID: 35012946Free PMC Article
Difficult birth is the main contributor to birth-related fracture and accidents to other neonatal fractures.
Högberg U, Fellman V, Thiblin I, Karlsson R, Wester K
Acta Paediatr 2020 Oct;109(10):2040-2048. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1111/apa.15217. PMID: 32034798
A Unique Type of Birth Trauma Mistaken for Abuse.
Isaac CV, Cornelison JB, Castellani RJ, deJong JL
J Forensic Sci 2018 Mar;63(2):602-607. Epub 2017 Jun 12 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13557. PMID: 28605024
Birth trauma and development of growing fracture after coronal suture disruption.
Miranda P, Vila M, Alvarez-Garijo JA, Perez-Nunez A
Childs Nerv Syst 2007 Mar;23(3):355-8. Epub 2006 Oct 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-006-0182-8. PMID: 17021730

Clinical prediction guides

Decision-Making Challenge of Ping-Pong Fractures in Children: Case Exemplification and Systematic Review of Literature.
Altieri R, Grasso E, Cammarata G, Garozzo M, Marchese G, Certo F, Ruggieri M, Falsaperla R, Barbagallo G
World Neurosurg 2022 Sep;165:69-80. Epub 2022 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.130. PMID: 35660672
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown.
Stivaros S, Paddock M, Rajai A, Cliffe H, Connolly DJ, Dineen RA, Dixon R, Edwards H, Evans E, Halliday K, Jackson K, Landes C, Oates AJ, Stoodley N, Offiah AC
Arch Dis Child 2022 Jun;107(6):575-581. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323444. PMID: 35177407
Vacuum-assisted elevation of pediatric ping-pong skull fractures: a case series and technical note.
Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Foy AB
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2020 Dec 25;27(3):325-334. doi: 10.3171/2020.7.PEDS2061. PMID: 33361480
Outcomes of vacuum-assisted vaginal deliveries of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus.
Vitner D, Hiersch L, Ashwal E, Nassie D, Yogev Y, Aviram A
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019 Nov;32(21):3595-3599. Epub 2018 May 2 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1468880. PMID: 29720015
Falls in children birth to 5 years: different mechanisms lead to different injuries.
Pomerantz WJ, Gittelman MA, Hornung R, Husseinzadeh H
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2012 Oct;73(4 Suppl 3):S254-7. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31826b017c. PMID: 23026963

Recent systematic reviews

Decision-Making Challenge of Ping-Pong Fractures in Children: Case Exemplification and Systematic Review of Literature.
Altieri R, Grasso E, Cammarata G, Garozzo M, Marchese G, Certo F, Ruggieri M, Falsaperla R, Barbagallo G
World Neurosurg 2022 Sep;165:69-80. Epub 2022 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.130. PMID: 35660672

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