Unusual frontal bone injury.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-46641
ABSTRACT
A 12-year old girl presented 6 months after a forehead injury due to fall from height. She had a deformed forehead with a rectangular bone defect and a rectangular bicortical bone fragment impacted into the lower edge of the defect. There was no obvious skin or dural injury. The deformed forehead was exposed through a bi-coronal scalp flap. The bone fragment was reposited back into the defect. The forehead of the patient healed with a smooth contour.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Skull Fractures
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Surgical Flaps
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Accidental Falls
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Female
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Humans
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Child
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Forehead
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Frontal Bone
Language:
English
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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