Diseases [C] » Nervous System Diseases [C10] » Trauma, Nervous System » Craniocerebral Trauma » Skull Fractures » Skull Fracture, Depressed
Diseases [C] » Wounds and Injuries [C26] » Fractures, Bone » Skull Fractures » Skull Fracture, Depressed
Diseases [C] » Wounds and Injuries [C26] » Trauma, Nervous System » Craniocerebral Trauma » Skull Fractures » Skull Fracture, Depressed
Description
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. MeSH
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