Abstract
A growing skull fracture or leptomeningeal cyst most commonly occurs in children under the age of 3 years, and is extremely rare in adults. The reason for a growing skull fracture is usually a dural tear in association with the fracture. This paper presents an 18-year-old mentally retarded patient with cerebral hemiatrophy (Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome) associated with a growing skull fracture in the ipsilateral hemicarnium, in whom not only a dural tear but also the ipsilaterally displaced and dilated lateral ventricle due to the original disease apparently contributed to the development of growing skull fracture.
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Sener, R.N. Growing skull fracture in a patient with cerebral hemiatrophy. Pediatr Radiol 25, 64–65 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020854
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020854