At 06:53 PM 8/16/99 -0400, David Tinkelman wrote: >It does look infectious, but abscesses are infectious. The ultrasound >should be available in a short time in an ED. If the kid looked >sicker, I'd just take the risk. > True. So here's another question I'm not sure of the answer to: can an abscess or another mass lesion, in the absence of CSF involvement, cause the fontanelle to bulge significantly? Michael Sachs, M.D. General Pediatrician