The most common form of birth trauma of the scalp is:
a. caput succedaneum.
b. cephalohematoma.
c. cranial bossing.
d. torticollis.
A
Caput succedaneum, as a result of birth trauma, results in swelling of the scalp. The swelling can cross the suture lines. A cephalohematoma is a hematoma under the skull, and cranial bossing is compensatory growth of the skull related to craniosynostosis. Torticollis involves the neck.
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