Faulty fetal packing

Last revised by Tom Foster on 27 Jul 2022

Faulty fetal packing, also known as congenital vault depression, is a congenital concave depression of the skull in a newborn.

Epidemiology

Occurs in 1 in 10,000 births 1

Pathology

This appearance is due to external compression on the skull from 1,2:

Treatment and prognosis

This deformity usually resolves with time 2

Differential diagnosis

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