Transcranial Sonogram Through a Sutural Fracture for the Assessment of Posttraumatic Intracranial Mass Lesion in a Child

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 7-year-old child with moderate head injury and a closed skull fracture managed nonoperatively. A sonogram through the skull fracture was valuable in determining that there was no significant posttraumatic intracranial mass lesion. The boy was discharged home fully conscious and ambulant and with a mild left hemiparesis.

Keywords

head injury sonogram intracranial mass lesion

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