Compound Elevated Skull Fracture
A compound elevated skull fracture is a rare type of skull fracture where the fractured bone is elevated above the intact outer table of the skull. This type of skull fracture is always compound in nature. It may be caused during an assault with a weapon in which the initial blow penetrates the skull and the underlying meninges and upon retrieval of the weapon lifts the fractured portion of the skull outward. It may also be caused by a rotation of the skull while being struck in a case of blunt force trauma, a rotation of the skull while striking an inanimate object as in a fall or it may occur during transfer of a patient after the initial compound head injury.
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