Congenital depression of the neonatal skull unassociated with birth trauma / 대한주산의학회잡지

ABSTRACT

In spite of the fact that there is general consensus that neonatal depressed skull fractures are caused largely by instrumental extraction, there are a few reports regarding congenital depression of the skull unrelated to external trauma. In the case herein, the mother did not have any history of abdominal trauma during pregnancy and the neonate was delivered vaginally without the use of instruments, yet a round depression was noted in the left parietal bone of the neonate at the time of delivery. Computed tomography with three dimensional reconstruction images was performed and a congenital depression of the neonatal skull without fracture was diagnosed. We describe this case with a brief review of the literature.