What are complications of linear skull fracture?
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What are complications of linear skull fracture?
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@glinnis In infants and children, a simple linear fracture, if associated with a dural tear, can lead to subepicranial hygroma or a growing skull fracture (leptomeningeal cyst). This may take up to 6 months to develop, resulting from the brain pulsating against a dural defect that is larger than the bone defect. Repair of such a defect is performed using a split-thickness bone graft. Growing skull fracture has also been reported in literature following a stab wound to a gravid abdomen in the last trimester.