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

Preferred term

Skull Fracture, Depressed  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Skull Fracture, Compound Depressed

Note

  • coordinate with specific bone in the skull /inj if pertinent

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020204

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