Is the skull x-ray a useful tool in paediatric blunt head injury and are we familiar with an abnormal finding?
SA Journal of Radiology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Is the skull x-ray a useful tool in paediatric blunt head injury and are we familiar with an abnormal finding? | |
| Creator | Andronikou, S. Welman, C. Kader, E. Venter, J. Kilborn, T. | |
| Description | Skull X-ray (SXR) has been, and still is, used in some institutions to detect skull fractures in paediatric head injuries. When no clinical/neurological indication for computed tomography (CT) scanning exists, the presence of a skull fracture may be used as an indication for this. This case report demonstrates an unusual SXR finding of oval lucencies in a neurologically normal child who had sustained a head injury. The subsequent CT scan demonstrated a subacute subdural haemorrhage with air pockets, highlighting the need to recognise intracranial air. The literature is reviewed regarding the usefulness of SXR in childhood head injury. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2001-02-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajr.v5i1.1784 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 5, No 1 (2001); 45-47 2078-6778 1027-202X | |
| Language | eng | |
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