John Howship (1781-1841) and growing skull fracture: historical perspective

被引：7

作者：

Bir, Shyamal C. ^{[1
]}

Kalakoti, Piyush ^{[1
]}

Notarianni, Christina ^{[1
]}

Nanda, Anil ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] LSU Hlth Shreveport, Dept Neurosurg, Shreveport, LA 71130 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS | 2015年 / 16卷 / 04期

关键词：

John Howship; growing skull fracture; historical perspective; CRANIOCEREBRAL EROSION; HEAD TRAUMA;

D O I：

10.3171/2014.12.PEDS14484

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

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摘要：

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Dr. John Howship, a pioneering British surgeon, described the clinical features and pathophysiology of various surgical disorders of the human body. His critical contributions to pediatric neurosurgery came in 1816 when he first described the features of an important childhood condition following head trauma, what he referred to as parietal bone absorption. This condition as depicted by Dr. Howship was soon to be christened by later scholars as traumatic cephalhydrocele, traumatic meningocele, leptomeningeal cyst, meningocele spuria, fibrosing osteitis, cerebrocranial erosion, and growing skull fracture. Nevertheless, the basic features of the condition as observed by Dr. Howship were virtually identical to the characteristics of the above-mentioned disorders. This article describes the life and accomplishments of Dr. Howship and his contributions to the current understanding of growing skull fracture.

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