Soon-to-be parents shouldn't expect their new baby to emerge from the womb with a perfectly smooth, round head. Infants come out with misshapen, elongated, and even swollen noggins all the time and it ...

“Caput succedaneum” refers to swelling, or edema, of an infant’s scalp that appears as a lump or bump on their head shortly after delivery. This condition is harmless and is due to pressure put on the ...

Caput succedaneum is a condition where your baby’s scalp swells shortly after they’re born. This is a type of edema, or fluid collection, just underneath the skin. Caput succedaneum can look alarming.

An infant’s skull is not hard and fused like an adult’s. It is soft and made up of sections of bone which meet at “suture lines.” These soft pieces of the skull will harden and join together as the ...