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Parietal osteomyelitis and epidural abscess: a delayed complication of fetal monitoring

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Infected cephalohematomas are extremely rare. In this report an infant of 14 weeks developed an infected cephalohematoma, osteomyelitis of the parietal bone and an epidural abscess after fetal monitoring with scalp electrodes. Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from the purulent aspirate.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York, USA

    J. L. Listinsky, B. P. Wood & S. E. Ekholm

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Listinsky, J.L., Wood, B.P. & Ekholm, S.E. Parietal osteomyelitis and epidural abscess: a delayed complication of fetal monitoring. Pediatr Radiol 16, 150–151 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386641

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