A chignon is a temporary swelling left on an
infant's head after a
ventouse
Vacuum extraction (VE), also known as ventouse, is a method to assist delivery of a baby using a vacuum device. It is used in the second stage of labor if it has not progressed adequately. It may be an alternative to a forceps delivery and cae ...
suction cap has been used to deliver her or him.
It is not a sign of serious injury and may take as little as two hours or as long as two weeks to disappear.
See also
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Caput succedaneum
Caput succedaneum is a neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix (tourniquet ef ...
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Cephalohematoma
A cephalohaematoma is a hemorrhage of blood between the skull and the periosteum of any age human, including a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum. Because the swelling is subperiosteal, its boundaries are ...
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Childbirth
Birth trauma
Neonatology
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