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As the result of injury sustained during protracted labour, hæmatomata may develop beneath the aponeurosis of the occipito-frontalis or underneath the pericranium, the latter being the more common situation. The right side of the head is the more frequently involved, and the parietal region is the part usually affected. Occasionally these hæmatomata are bilateral and symmetrical.

The two varieties of cephalhæmatoma—subaponeurotic and subpericranial—possess certain peculiarities that aid materially in their differential diagnosis.