Cephalhematoma usually disappears within –
Cepholhematoma is a subperiosteal hemorrhage usually involving parietal and temporal bones.
It is more common in forceps delivery, vaccum extraction and prolonged labor.
It is soft and fluctuant swelling with well defined margins.
A cepholhematoma crossing the midline indicates underlying fracture of the skull —>fracture is linear not depressed.
It disappears between 2 week to 3 months.
3–5 months
2–5 weeks
3–5 weeks
5–7 weeks