Spontaneous congenital intrauterine depressions of skull in newborn has an incidence of 1/10,000 birth. These skull depression have two pathogenic types; deformed skull depression with and without fracture. The cause of skull depression being the pressure exerted by the fist of the fetus on the skull or skull being pressed against the sacral promontory. The treatment of choice for selected cases is surgical elevation.
Key words: Neonatal, congenital, depressed fracture, spontaneous, sacral promontory
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