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My 6m old fell 2ft from the bed on to tile floor. has a large squishy bump on side of head but acting completely normal. is it a skull fracture?
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Could be: The squishy bump is likely a blood pocket under the scalp from a torn blood vessel.
Answered 2/16/2019
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