Symptoms of skull base fracture in infants

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Baby skull fracture refers to the change of skull structure caused by violence. Baby skull fracture of the injured, not necessarily with serious brain injury; Those who do not have a baby's skull fracture may have severe brain damage. Baby skull base fracture symptoms with you to talk about

Symptoms of skull base fracture in infants

Skull fractures often damage the cerebral arteries and veins, blood flow into the Peribrain space. When the skull base fracture, may cause the meninges to tear, thus causes the cerebrospinal fluid to leak (the cerebrospinal fluid is circulates between the brain and the meninges, mainly plays the buffer and the protection function). Cerebrospinal fluid can flow out from the external auditory canal or nostril. Sometimes bacteria can invade through this way, causing intracranial infection and serious brain damage.

Linear fracture: linear crack, most of the broken ends without displacement. There may be tenderness, swelling, hematoma or laceration on the scalp. The above clinical manifestations are not helpful for the diagnosis of fracture, and the diagnosis can only be made with the help of head X-ray. If the fracture line passes through the middle meningeal artery sulcus or intracranial venous sinus, the possibility of intracranial hematoma should be considered.

Comminuted depressed fracture: simple comminuted fracture, in addition to local pain, swelling or hematoma, there may be no special changes. If the fracture piece is depressed into the cranial cavity, it can compress the brain tissue or damage the meninges, blood vessels and brain tissue, thus causing corresponding lesions.

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