Newborn with a depression to her skull

A 9  week-old female, born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery at 40 weeks, presented to the emergency department for a depression to her left skull, first noticed three weeks prior. Both parents denied perinatal or postnatal trauma. The child had been gaining weight appropriately and no behavio ral dysfunction was noticed. On examination, a depression to the left parietal skull was present. A computed tomography (CT) of the head was obtained (Figs. 1 and 2).
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research