Depressed Skull Fracture in a Term Newborn Infant

Abstract

A skull fracture in a newborn infant is quite rare in modern perinatal medicine due to the improvement of training, technique and the liberal use of C-sections. However, linear and depressed fractures and cranial deformities due to prolonged labor, positioning of the head during labor and use of operators to assist deliveries are encounter occasionally. The most common cranial deformities seen are caput succedaneum, cephalhematoma and subgaleal bleeding. Rarely, skull fractures are seen. We are reporting an infant born with spontaneous depressed fracture of the skull with associated soft molding.