Suggest treatment for indentation in head after skull fracture in a child
Patient: My 12 month old son suffered a skull fracture when he was just a 11 days old. He went to a neuorologist had all his follow up visits. I was told he was fine and I should have nothing to further worry about. Yesterday, I noticed an long indentation on the side where the fracture was. I do not recall feeling this before. He doesn t act like he s in pain or anything but now Im worried something is wrong. Can you help? Doctor: Hi, since your child has fracture skull at 11 days of life and you have neurological visits at that time this doesn't seems alarming. It may be an old impression of the fracture. If the child has achieved all the milestones normally and there is no history of recent trauma, it will not be a matter of concern. However, an MRI should be done to see if there is an intracranial abnormality and an visit to neurologist should be done so that we don't miss any findings. I hope this will help you. Take care.