Patient's question:
In the morning, I examined the child's head myself and found a soft hematoma, approximately the size of half an adult's palm, covering a large area from the right ear up to the anterior fontanelle, about 5 cm wide on both sides. Newborn head hematoma calcificationDoctor's answer:
Neonatal scalp hematoma primarily occurs during difficult labor, forceps delivery, or vacuum extraction, and sometimes also during normal delivery. This is due to bleeding and blood retention in the local area caused by the rupture of subperiosteal blood vessels. It mainly exists in one or two parietal bones. The hematoma is elevated above the skin, with clear boundaries and varying sizes, not exceeding the cranial sutures. It gradually becomes apparent 2-3 days after birth, exhibits fluctuating pressure, and can gradually absorb and disappear. It typically persists for several weeks to months. It does not require treatment in the absence of infection.