The most common form of birth trauma of the scalp is:
A) caput succedaneum.
B) cephalohematoma.
C) cranial bossing.
D) torticollis.

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Caput succedaneum, as a result of birth trauma, results in swelling of the scalp. The swelling can cross the suture lines. A cephalohematoma is a hematoma under the skull, and cranial bossing is compensatory growth of the skull related to craniosynostosis. Torticollis involves the neck.

The Most Common Form of Birth Trauma of the Scalp