True about Cephal-hematoma:: (A) Jaundice is prolonged due to cephal-hematoma, (B) Crosses the suture line, (C) Appears on occiput in first few hours of life, (D) Due to rupture of bridging arteries
Answer is A. Ans. (a) Jaundice prolongation due to cephalhematomaRef.-.Harrison 18th ed., chapter 61* Cephalhematoma is seen due to birth trauma, and represents sub-periosteal hemorrhage.* The hematoma is limited sharply by the margins of the bone and does not cross suture lines.* In first 2 weeks, the hematoma is of soft tissue density due to its blood contents and X skull films show the swelling as a soft tissue "mass" which is limited at its margins by the cranial sutures.