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Preferred term

Skull Fracture, Depressed  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A skull fracture characterized by inward depression of a fragment or section of cranial bone, often compressing the underlying dura mater and brain. Depressed cranial fractures which feature open skin wounds that communicate with skull fragments are referred to as compound depressed skull fractures.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • French

  • Embarrure du crâne
  • Fracture du crâne par enfoncement

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