Ping pong skull fracture

Case contributed by Fateme Hosseinabadi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Head trauma

Patient Data

Age: 8 months
Gender: Female
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Depressed parietal bone fracture of the infant skull by inner buckling of the calvarium.

Case Discussion

Ping pong skull fracture or pond fracture is inward buckling of the calvarium that occures in neonates and young children due to direct trauma to the skull. This is equivalent to green stick fracture of the long bones.

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