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'''Scalp hematomas''' may arise in the context of child birth. They are classified based on location. | '''Scalp hematomas''' may arise in the context of child birth and seen at [[autopsy]] in some perinatal deaths. | ||
They are classified based on location. | |||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||
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#Dura. | #Dura. | ||
#Brain. | #Brain. | ||
==Clinical trivia== | |||
They are reported to occur with hair braiding,<ref name=pmid19148013>{{cite journal |author=Onyeama CO, Lotke M, Edelstein B |title=Subgaleal hematoma secondary to hair braiding in a 31-month-old child |journal=Pediatr Emerg Care |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=40–1 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19148013 |doi=10.1097/PEC.0b013e318191db98 |url=}}</ref> and may suggest a coagulopathy.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Raffini L, Tsarouhas N |title=Subgaleal hematoma from hair braiding leads to the diagnosis of von Willebrand disease |journal=Pediatr Emerg Care |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=316–8 |year=2004 |month=May |pmid=15123904 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Autopsy]] | [[Category:Autopsy]] | ||
[[Category:Neuropathology]] | [[Category:Neuropathology]] | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 11 March 2011
Scalp hematomas may arise in the context of child birth and seen at autopsy in some perinatal deaths.
They are classified based on location.
Types
Hemorrhages and layers from superficial to deep:[1]
- Skin.
- Caput succadaneum.
- Epicranial aponeurosis.
- Subgaleal hematoma.
- Periosteum.
- Cephalhematoma.
- Skull.
- Epidural hematoma.
- Dura.
- Brain.
Clinical trivia
They are reported to occur with hair braiding,[2] and may suggest a coagulopathy.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scalp_hematomas.jpg. Accessed on: 11 March 2011.
- ↑ Onyeama CO, Lotke M, Edelstein B (January 2009). "Subgaleal hematoma secondary to hair braiding in a 31-month-old child". Pediatr Emerg Care 25 (1): 40–1. doi:10.1097/PEC.0b013e318191db98. PMID 19148013.
- ↑ Raffini L, Tsarouhas N (May 2004). "Subgaleal hematoma from hair braiding leads to the diagnosis of von Willebrand disease". Pediatr Emerg Care 20 (5): 316–8. PMID 15123904.
