Wrong position: The fontanelles are located in the midline, one in back of the forehead & rarely a 2nd just in front of the back of the head. A bump on the right side back would likely be a blood accumulation from birth trauma if large and a lymph node if small..
Answered 5/5/2017
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Bruising ?: The anterior and posterior fontanelle are both midline, so if the bulge is posterior and right sided, the likely cause is some form of scalp bruising, most likely cephalhematoma, if a hard bump. Your only concern should be jaundice, not brain damage, as this scalp bleed is not intracranial, or within the skull, it is more superficial than that...
Answered 6/12/2017
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