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Caput succedaneum - Tratamiento

Nombres alternativos

Tumor del parto

Tratamiento:

No se requiere de ningún tratamiento y generalmente sana de manera espontánea en unos pocos días.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

Puede esperarse una recuperación total, en la cual el cuero cabelludo recobra su contorno normal.

Complicaciones:

Se puede presentar ictericia a medida que la contusión se descompone en bilirrubina.

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Esta condición se observa inmediatamente después del parto, así que no es necesario llamar al médico, a menos que se tengan preguntas adicionales que hacerle.

Caput succedaneum

Fecha de revisión: 5/1/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:Rachel A. Lewis, MD, FAAP, Columbia University Pediatric Faculty Practice, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; Chief Medical Officer, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Stoll, BJ, Kliegman, RM. Nervous System Disorders. In: Behrman, RE., Kliegman, RM, Jenson, HB, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 17th ed., Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2004:562

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