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Wounds and Injuries > Fractures, Bone > Skull Fractures
Wounds and Injuries > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Skull Fractures
Nervous System Diseases > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Skull Fractures

Preferred term

Skull Fractures  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Fracture, Non-Depressed Skull
  • Fractures, Linear Skull
  • Fractures, Non-Depressed Skull
  • Linear Skull Fracture
  • Linear Skull Fractures
  • Non-Depressed Skull Fractures
  • Skull Fracture, Non Depressed
  • Skull Fracture, Non-Depressed
  • Skull Fractures, Linear
  • Skull Fractures, Non-Depressed

Note

  • fractures of specific bones of the skull: coordinate with specific bone/inj

Scope note

  • Fractures of the skull which may result from penetrating or nonpenetrating head injuries or rarely BONE DISEASES (see also FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS). Skull fractures may be classified by location (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR), radiographic appearance (e.g., linear), or based upon cranial integrity (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED).

In other languages

  • kallonmurtumat

    Finnish

  • fractura cranii
  • kallofraktuurat
  • kallomurtuma
  • kallomurtumat
  • kallon fraktuura
  • kallon fraktuurat
  • kallon murtuma
  • kallon murtumat
  • kallonmurtuma
  • Skallfrakturer

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012887

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