Cephalhaematoma - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Cephalhaematoma
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Complication of childbirth
Description
" Hemorrhage between skull and periosteum due to rupture of blood vessels crossing periosteum. Limited by suture lines in contrast to a Caput succedaneum. Complications: -jaundice
- anemia -hypotension. Takes weeks to resolve. "
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Sanjay Manohar
2006