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What Can Cause A Fracture In Head Of A New Born?

my baby is 1 week and 4 days old she has a dip in her head and have been told she has a fracture inside somewhere she was born with it and i would and could never harm my baby its on her left side in the middle roughly could it be pressing on anything that could harm her? im awaiting a call from specialists in london but am impatient to know she will be ok
Fri, 31 Oct 2014
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This could be open suture and may not be fracture unless this is being proved with imaging study, if this is really fracture then depends upon the severity, else the hairline fracture comes around, hope this information helps.
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What Can Cause A Fracture In Head Of A New Born?

HI Well come to HCM This could be open suture and may not be fracture unless this is being proved with imaging study, if this is really fracture then depends upon the severity, else the hairline fracture comes around, hope this information helps.