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Descriptor English:   Skull Fracture, Depressed 
Descriptor Spanish:   Fractura Craneal Deprimida 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Fratura do Crânio com Afundamento 
Synonyms English:   Skull Fracture, Compound Depressed  
Tree Number:   C10.900.300.918.300
C26.404.750.890
C26.915.300.745.350
Definition English:   A skull fracture characterized by inward depression of a fragment or section of cranial bone, often compressing the underlying dura mater and brain. Depressed cranial fractures which feature open skin wounds that communicate with skull fragments are referred to as compound depressed skull fractures. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord (IM) with specific bone in the skull/inj (IM) if pertinent
History Note English:   2000 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   34375 
Unique Identifier:   D020204 

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