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Update On Huge Fluid-filled Bump Posted: 08-03-06 20:13pm
It has taken me forever to get back in
here to give an update - so sorry.
So. Originally when I discovered the
huge fluid-filled squishy lump that
appeared out of nowhere on my baby's head
(i posted about this in about feb.
/march), I took her to my family doctor.
He x-rayed to rule out a fracture which
he said is the most common reason for such
a bump to appear (fluid leaks out).
When he saw that it wasn't a fracture, he
was pretty unconcerned and said it would
"eventually" re-absorb itself in a few
months.
Even though I trust my family doctor, I
ended up taking my baby to emergency a few
days later because I thought the lump
looked even bigger (about the size and
dimension of her own little fist). I
also could feel that there seemd to be a
weird lumpy feeling to her skull, as
though it was misshapen under the lump.
The emergency doctor reiterated what my
family doctor said. He looked at the
x-rays and told me that everything was
fine. He said that when the fluid is
outside the scalp, between the scalp and
the skin, they don't worry about it.
He said the lumpy bumpy skull is actually
the suture line between the plates of the
skull and is normal even though it feels
very gross and doesn't necessarily match
the way the other side of the head feels
in the same location.
So, still feeling as though I wanted more
information about this disgusting and
alarming thing on my baby's head, I went
to my pediatrician. He took one look
at her, smiled, and said "she got whacked
in the head." I said something indignant
like "what do you mean? Of course she
didn't get whacked in the head!". To
which he smilingly replied that yes,
indeed, these bumps are caused by a whack
or knock of some sort on the noggin.
He said sometimes a sibling hits them when
you're not looking, or they tip over, or
get a bit of a bump somehow, and voila,
this yucky lump is the result. It
apparently happens when there's a trauma
right along a skull suture line, and it
doesn't have to be a big trauma, it just
has to hit in the right place on the
skull.
He further said that the lump can show
itself even days or weeks after the bump
to the head, so it's not easy to make any
sort of correlation.
So that's it. None of the doctors
were worried at all once they ruled out a
fractured skull, and indeed, the lump
began to shrink after a few weeks, and
within maybe 3 months was gone altogether.
Hope this helps someone out there who has
found this board because they're scared
out of their wits that their precious
little someone seems to have a bizarre
problem. Try not to worry, and go get
a fracture ruled out. If your family
doctor acts confused, go to emerg and ask
for a peds guy to have a look. Or
just go to the pediatrician in the first
place. If i'd done that, I would have
saved myself weeks of panic and worry.
By the way, I had my baby at home. Her
birth was totally untraumatic (well, for
her... It sucked bigtime for me :lol:)
and I did not have any sort of
intervention. No vaccuum, no forceps,
no nothing. So for parents who are
reading these posts and have a baby that
was born "untraumatically" but still
exhibits this weird sort of lump, please
know that it happened to my baby!
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christybnsn
lbsterling
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Update As Promised Posted: 10-25-06 15:51pm
As predicted, it just went away. I'm
sorry to say, I couldn't say exactly when,
but it took a long time _ probably two to
three months. My son is totally normal
now, except for the epileptic seizures.
Just kidding. Sorry I guess that's not
funny. He's totally normal. Normal
weight, developmentally fine in all
respects.
So, young parents, my advice: don't get it
lanced or anything, just treat that mushy
patch gently and enjoy the ride.
Best,
lbsterling
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nwmomof2
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Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 1
So Excited to Find This, But It Isn't Our Problem! Posted: 01-25-07 16:30pm
I noticed a squishy little lump towards
the back of my sons head when he was
around 2 months old, the size has varied a
little but it's always been about the size
of a dime. It got far more noticeable
when he would get upset and sometimes you
can only see/feel it when he is laying
down. At times it almost seemed like it
was going away but he is almost 2 years
old now and it's still there. Again,
doctors didn't know what it was but
weren't worried, speculated that it might
be a hemangioma (sp?) there are a lot of
varations of those. We had a waste of
time ultrasound where they couldn't see
anything and a dermatologist looked at it.
It seems almost like a vein/vessel or
something is squeezed between where the
skull meets and it worries me sick at
times, I searched the net extensively and
this is the closest thing I have found to
similar but he was an emergency c-section,
no vacuums, no pushing and it never grew
large and obviously hasn't gone away . Maybe someone
else out there will find this. Oh, and
the bump is flesh colored, blends in with
the scalp.
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cadensmom
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Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1
Fluid Under Scalp Posted: 08-15-07 19:46pm
I was so happy to read this. I just
noticed the bump last week. (My son is 11
weeks old). It causes me a lot of worry,
but my ped. said not to worry about it. I
feel much better now!
Fluid Between Scalp And Skull Posted: 09-07-07 15:10pm
Hi all,
I found this topic when browsing the
internet for a similar problem. My baby
was delivered by c section after a failed
vacuum extraction, following an attempted
forceps extraction.
This happened also to my baby at 13 weeks.
Literally, overnight a bump formed on the
back of her head and within 3-5 days it
doubled in size till a small glass was
able to fit snugly over the bump.
I saw 2 doctors regarding this. The first,
who was an immigration doctor, said he had
never seen it before, but, seemed to think
that because it was not causing any
discomfort nor showing like a bruise ( ie
discolouration etc) the vacuum suction
seemed the most probable cause. His advice
was to monitor and observe and if worried
again to speak to another doctor.
Two weeks after, i took my baby to a
maternity doctor, who, to my relief had
seen this many times and confirmed that it
was a vacuum stretch. She said it was
unusual in a 13 week old baby, but not
"that unusual". Such a relief. Like most
mothers, i was worried about more sinister
reasons for a swelling, ie like she had
been dropped or something was draining
from her brain chamber etc.
After two further weeks, the swelling has
almost gone and is now the size of a
quarter / 2 pence piece and is reducing
daily. Never was she in pain from this
swelling. My advice, as per many of you
before, is do take your baby to the
doctor, but try to find a maternity doctor
/ midwife / district nurse and not a GP.
Im not saying that a GP wouldnt be able to
diagnose, please do not think that, but a
maternity doctor or equivalent will
probably be more experienced with
infants.
We all know our babies best and we will
know if something is the matter, although
saying that, never would i have left it
without at least having an opinion.
Hope this helps anyone in the same situ.
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Afisch41
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Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 1
Fluid Filled Bubble Posted: 09-27-07 16:37pm
My daughter has the same bubble everyone
is talking about. I noticed hers when she
was 6 weeks old. I took her to her Doctor
that same day. They were stumped. Two
doctors looked at her and had no clue.
They said " I can't think of anything bad
it could be". A few days later i saw a
friend of mine who is a pediatric nurse at
our children's hospital. She recommended
that i taker her down to the ER. So i did.
She saw 4 more doctors. She puzzled 4 more
doctors. They did a ct scan and ruled out
infection, fracture and pressure or blood
on the brain. Again they said it can't be
bad and sent me home and told me to wait.
This was on a Saturday, i had a follow up
visit with her primary care doctor on
Monday. We went and they referred us to
the diagnostics Clinic at children's
hospital. There she saw a doctor who
ordered and ultrasound. She believed it to
be fluid left over from the bruising the
monitoring electrodes caused at birth.
However, in the radiology department she
saw 3 more doctors who determined in was
Lymphatic Fluid coming from the
lymph nodes in her neck. They told me
to watch it. They said it may re absorb
all on its own and be fine.
HOWEVER. If it does not go away i
am supposed to return to the Diagnostic
clinic and they will from there refer me
to the Malformation clinic because it may
be a malformation of her lymph
nodes. Maybe they're over reaching and
maybe its just like everyone else on
here.... maybe it will go away. But maybe
consider discussing this idea with your
Doctors.
If anyone knows anything else helpful pm
me.
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jdiaz
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Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 1
Another Case Posted: 12-11-07 18:09pm
I am so glad we found this post! We
noticed a strange bubble of fluid on the
top of our 8 week old son's head, we
searched and searched while waiting for
the on-call pediatrician to call us back.
Luckily we found this site, so I stopped
panicking so much (although it was the
only thing we found that was related to
the symptoms he was having.)
We brought him to the doctor's today to
have them look at it and they ordered an
xray of the skull and an ultrasound of the
brain. I mentioned that he was a vacuum
extracted baby, just in case. The xray
came back clean, but the ultrasound was
inconclusive, so we have an appointment
with the Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Yale
New Haven in three days where they will do
a CT Scan and check him. When the
pediatrician explained the condition and
the results of the ultrasound and xray to
the neurosurgeon, he assumed that since
the baby was vacuum extracted that the
swelling of the tissue went down, but the
fluid didn't completely dissapaite, which
is why we are just noticing it (in other
words, it had been swollen since birth,
now that the tissue swelling had healed,
we are only seeing the remaining fluid.)
I was relieved to have found this post and
hope this information helps any others who
may experience the same condition. I'll
post an update after our appt. with neuro.
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myfourboys
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Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 01-16-08 18:05pm
like everyone else on this blob my son who
is six weeks and also has a fluid bubble.
my sister in law found this while looking
for answers when we discovered this and
immedialtely headed for the er. Small
town, not the greatest hospital in the
first place left us heading to the city to
childrens hospital. Here they too tested
for everything, we had a slight curve from
other blogs I have read about here. By
the time we got to the childrens hospital
my son had spiked a temp, I know that
changes everything and can be a telltale
sign of something horrible........I am
counting my blessings, all the tests show
us it was just a coincidence that it
happened at the same time as this bubble
appeared. So after being at the hospital
for about 10 hours last night and coming
home drained emotionally and physically, i
felt the need to post a blog since reading
these helped calm my nerves. So thank you
to all who shared there experience. To
all parents searching through this blog
panic stricken, just try to hang in there
and definitely demand tests for your piece
of mind if that is what it will take. I
will come back and post another blog when
this fluid does go away. Oh by the way I
was assured it will not pop open!!!!!!!!!!
good luck all and blessings to all these
lil miracles of ours
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jpsnksns
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Fluid under the scalp Posted: 05-21-08 23:38pm
Our son developed fluid under the scalp at
about week 12 and it was almost overnight.
He's been seen by a couple pediatricians,
a pediatric surgeon, and has had an
ultrasound. He's going to get a contrast
CT scan tomorrow. Like most of the rest
of the posts in this thread, the doctors
are stumped. The good news is that he is
alert, happy, and otherwise completely
healthy.
He had a difficult delivery including
about 6 hours of pushing, a failed vacuum
extraction, and an emergency c-section.
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christybnsn
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please read!! Posted: 08-27-08 16:56pm
I rushed my 5 week old son into the ER
early one morning after noticing a huge
bump on the back of his head. After the ER
doctors questioned me if he had been
dropped or bumped into the proceded to do
a CT-scan. After waiting over an hour for
the results the Dr. walked into the room
accompanied by a social worker!! I
couldn't believe my eyes. They said that
the CT-scan showed that there was nothing
wrong with the brain, no skull fracture,
and there was obviously no bruise on his
head. They said since he was a c-section
baby and not natural birth that he has not
experienced any kind of head trauma due to
madical reasons. So thats when the social
worker said to me that my son had been hit
or dropped
forcefully!...............................
.......So they called CPS, took my son
from me, placed him in a foster home, put
my 4 1/2 yr old daughter with her father,
and i am going to court trying to fight to
get my kids back when i have no clue what
could've caused that fluid on the back of
his head!!! If there is a dr. out there
that can help please!!! I am so
helpless... I know my son has never ben
bumped or dropped or hit..
. Maybe someone
else out there will find this. Oh, and
the bump is flesh colored, blends in with
the scalp.
