Growing skull fracture in a 5-month old child: a case report
Yu, M.; Schmidt, J.H.; Trenton, B.A.; Sheets, N.W.
West Virginia Medical Journal 106(2): 12-16
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-3284 PMID: 21744725 Document Number: 642583
Growing skull fractures are a rare complication of linear skull fractures in children. The authors report a case of a growing skull fracture in a 5-month-old patient with a review of the literature. CT and MRI scans revealed a growing skull fracture with complication of leptomeningeal cyst formation. Surgical removal of the cyst, duraplasty and cranial reconstruction were performed. Follow up showed that the patient was stable neurologically and had improving left upper extremity weakness.