Choux described different types of linear skull fractures in infants based upon their radiographic appearance.
Patient selection: age 0 to 24 months
Questions:
(1) Does the fracture arise at an angle to a suture?
(2) Does the fracture connect 2 suture lines?
Radiographic Appearance
Type
fracture runs a relatively straight between 2 suture lines
1
fracture runs between 2 suture lines but with a right angle
2
small fracture arising from one suture line but failing to connect to a separate suture line
3
traumatic suture separation (diastatic fracture)
4
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Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general, Otolaryngology
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