Cephalhematoma usually disappears within –

Cepholhematoma is a subperiosteal hemorrhage usually involving parietal and temporal bones. It is more common in forceps delivery, vaccum extraction and prolonged labor. It is soft and fluctuant swelling with well defined margins. A cepholhematoma crossing the midline indicates underlying fracture of the skull —>fracture is linear not depressed. It disappears between 2 week to 3 months.