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CEPHALHEMATOME [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Swelling of the presenting portion of the scalp of an infant, produced during labor, and resulting in edema and varying degrees of hemorrhage of the scalp: the effusion overlies the periosteum; contrasted with cephalhematoma, in which condition the effusion lies under the periosteum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Infiltration œdémateuse et sanguine de la peau et du tissu cellulaire des téguments crâniens du nouveau-né en rapport avec la présentation de la tête par rapport à l'orifice du col. Elle est à cheval sur les sutures contrairement au céphalhématome. La bosse séro-sanguine n’ est nullement le résultat de pressions ou de frottements anormaux et doit être considérée comme une conséquence physiologique du travail normal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A blood cyst of the scalp in a newborn infant, due to an effusion of blood beneath the pericranium; contrasted with caput succedaneum, in which the effusion overlies the periosteum and consists of serum.

OBS

The term "cephalhematoma" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Épanchement sanguin sous-périosté intéressant un os de la voûte du crâne chez le nouveau-né. Favorisé par l’hypoprothrombinémie néonatale, il est provoqué par un traumatisme, parfois minime, au cours du travail, ou se produit sans cause apparente. Il ne doit pas être confondu avec la bosse sérosanguine.

Spanish

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