Caput succedaneum

Caput succedaneum is a neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix (tourniquet effect of the cervix) during delivery.

Caput succedaneum
Newborn Scalp bleeds
SpecialtyPediatrics 

It involves bleeding below the scalp and above the periosteum.[1]

See also

References
  1. Diane Fraser (9 April 2009). Myles Textbook for Midwives. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-443-06939-0. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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