Cranial defect and decrease in cerebral blood flow resulting from deep contact burn of the scalp in the neonatal period

Burns. 1996 Nov;22(7):560-5. doi: 10.1016/0305-4179(96)00016-2.

Abstract

A case of cranial defect in the anterior fontanelle region is reported. The patient suffered a deep contact burn on the right parietofrontal region in the neonatal period. At age 3 years, a bone defect of 30 x 20 mm was observed in the right parietofrontal region, including the anterior fontanelle, and the pulsation of the brain was palpable. Moreover, scintigraphy of cerebral blood flow using SPECT with 99mTc-HMPAO demonstrated extensive decrease in blood flow in the right parietosquamosal region. Cranioplasty was performed at 3 years and 4 months using split ribs grafts and at age 5 years and 4 months using split-thickness calvarial bone grafts. After the cranioplasty, there was no bony defect and no region of reduced blood flow. The child is developing well.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / blood supply*
  • Burns / complications*
  • Burns / etiology
  • Burns / surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Bone / injuries
  • Frontal Bone / physiopathology
  • Frontal Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Parietal Bone / injuries
  • Parietal Bone / physiopathology
  • Parietal Bone / surgery
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Scalp / diagnostic imaging
  • Scalp / injuries*
  • Scalp / surgery*
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Ultrasonography