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What Causes A Lump On The Forehead After A Fall?

My soon to be 6-year-old son fell and hit his forehead on the bleachers about 2 hours ago. He has a HUGE goose egg now. I asked him to spell his name, recall dates and he is able to. His speech is not slurred and his vision is not blurred. He isn't complaining of a headache. Due to the size of this goose egg, I am so concerned as to whether I should get him checked out. It is about 7pm right now and I don't know whether I should spend hours at the ER or am I just being too overly cautious. My husband said to just monitor him and I don't know if I need to do more.

Please help. Thank you kindly!!
Fri, 12 May 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood your concerns.
Your son is just 6 years old hence it will be difficult to monitor in spite of the good history of no headache or any other other signs of head injury.
The bid goose egg is due to a hematoma for sure and there are two things that can be done.
Consult a Surgeon at the ER so that your son gets a clinical examination by an Expert to see for any sign of internal injury and also get a chance to get an MRI or CT scan of the brain if there is an indication to get a confirmed diagnosis.
This will also allow for the aspiration of the hematoma and compression bandage so that hematoma does not recur and an healing occurs.
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What Causes A Lump On The Forehead After A Fall?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood your concerns. Your son is just 6 years old hence it will be difficult to monitor in spite of the good history of no headache or any other other signs of head injury. The bid goose egg is due to a hematoma for sure and there are two things that can be done. Consult a Surgeon at the ER so that your son gets a clinical examination by an Expert to see for any sign of internal injury and also get a chance to get an MRI or CT scan of the brain if there is an indication to get a confirmed diagnosis. This will also allow for the aspiration of the hematoma and compression bandage so that hematoma does not recur and an healing occurs.