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A newborn boy, born at term by a spontaneous delivery, presented in the first day of life with a soft-tissue mass across a synostosed segment of the sagittal suture. In the following week the mass became better defined and showed peripheral calcifications consistent with a calcified subperiosteal hematoma.

We present the CT and MRI findings of an 8-day-old infant with an infected cephalhaematoma complicated by skull osteomyelitis, venous sinus thrombosis and left cerebellar haemorrhage.

A 7-day-old hemophilic newborn presented several hemorrhagic manifestations, notably, a large cephalohematoma, intracranial hemorrhage and a splenic hematoma. This was clearly identified on X-rays and at 4 weeks of age showed gross ring-like calcification. Involvement of the spleen in hemophilia is rare, at all ages. Also uncommon are hemorrhagic manifestations of hemophilia during the neonatal period. Calcified splenic hematomas in hemophilic patients have apparently never been described.

Infected cephalohematomas are extremely rare. In this report an infant of 14 weeks developed an infected cephalohematoma, osteomyelitis of the parietal bone and an epidural abscess after fetal monitoring with scalp electrodes. Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from the purulent aspirate.

A case of neonatal cephalohematoma secondary to fetal trauma prior to the labor and delivery is presented. History of blunt maternal abdominal trauma by an automobile steering wheel is cited as the etiology. Fetal scalp mass diagnosed by sonogram is illustrated. Pathognesis, diagnosis and management are discussed.