Skull fracture morphology findings type

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Name:
Skull fracture morphology findings type
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NINDS
Definition:
Findings related to morphology of the skull fracture.
Registration Status:
Qualified

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Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
Depressed Depressed >1 cm or full thickness of skull
Ping pong fracture Ping pong fracture smooth depression typically seen in infants and toddlers, without a complete bony cortical disruption
Diastatic Diastatic Separated more than 3 mm, or separation of a suture
Compound Compound Communication with the skin, mastoid air cells, or paranasal sinuses
Penetrating Penetrating Resulting from an indriven foreign body, such as knife or missile
Probable fracture Probable fracture One in which fracture itself cannot be seen definitively, but is suspected to be present based on other findings such as adjacent subgaleal and extra-axial hemorrhage, intracranial air, or other findings
Pneumocephalus Pneumocephalus Pneumocephalus - Present
Other craniofacial fractures Other craniofacial fractures For children <3 years, of interest for relevance for inflicted injuries
Linear Linear Includes simple and branched
Comminuted Comminuted Involving at least one separate non-contiguous bone segment

Designations:

Designation:
Skull fracture morphology findings type
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Designations:

Definition:
Findings related to morphology of the skull fracture.
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Duhaime AC, Gean AD, Haacke EM, Hicks R, Wintermark M, Mukherjee P, Brody D, Latour L, Riedy G; Common Data Elements Neuroimaging Working Group Members, Pediatric Working Group Members. Common data elements in radiologic imaging of traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Nov;91(11):1661-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.238] Haacke, E.M., Duhaime, A.C., Gean, A.D., Riedy, G., Wintermark, M., Mukherjee, P., Brody, D.L., DeGraba, T., Duncan, T.D., and Elovic, E. (2010). Common data elements in radiologic imaging of traumatic brain injury. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 32, 516-543, DOI:10.1002/jmri.22259

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NLM
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dcwj21TVYpV
Version:
3.1
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NINDS
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C02465
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3
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BRICS Variable Name
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SkullFractMorphFindTyp
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