Cephalohematoma

Cephalohematoma
Other namesCephalhematoma
Newborn scalp haematomata
SpecialtyPediatrics

A cephalohematoma (American English), also spelled cephalohaematoma (British English), is a hemorrhage of blood between the skull and the periosteum at any age, including a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum. Because the swelling is subperiosteal, its boundaries are limited by the individual bones, in contrast to a caput succedaneum.

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