OCCIPITAL OSTEODIASTASIS IN JAMAICA

Authors
ESCOFFERY CT COARD KCM
Citation
Ct. Escoffery et Kcm. Coard, OCCIPITAL OSTEODIASTASIS IN JAMAICA, West Indian Medical Journal, 42(4), 1993, pp. 152-154
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
West Indian Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00433144
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
152 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-3144(1993)42:4<152:OOIJ>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey (1986 - 1987) re vealed nine cases of a previously unreported form of birth-related inj ury in the English-speaking Caribbean - occipital osteodiastasis. Aspe cts of the clinical and pathological features of this form of occipita l bone injury are presented and discussed. Our findings suggest that t his lesion might occur more often than is currently accepted