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Extracranial and Intracranial Birth Injuries. Fractures of a Skull

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The main birth traumatic injuries of the skull and brain are described: caput succedaneum, subaponeurotic (subgaleal) hemorrhage, region of periosteal congestion of the skullcap, cephalhematoma, fractures of the skull bones, epidural hemorrhage, injuries of the cerebellar tentorium, injuries of the falx, bridging veins, and compression of the skull and brain. It is the detection of these lesions that is the basis for diagnosing the birth trauma of the skull and brain. The chapter describes in detail the law, first discovered by the author, between the location of the region of periosteal blood congestion (RPC) and the localization of Tentorium cerebelli (TC) laceration. The author explains why lesions of TC occur more often in his left half. A detailed morphological classification of TC injuries is given. The chapter focuses on signs of compression of the brain, which are often not detected.

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Vlasyuk, V.V. (2019). Extracranial and Intracranial Birth Injuries. Fractures of a Skull. In: Birth Trauma and Perinatal Brain Damage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93441-9_7

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