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One case report of traumatic progressive bilateral epidural hematomas of posterior cranial fossa

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  • Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

Online published: 2010-09-27

Abstract

This paper reported a case of traumatic progressive bilateral epidural hematomas of posterior cranial fossa. The progressive bilateral hematomas which caused obstructive hydrocephalus were confirmed on second CT scanning 14 h after injury, which occurred in the impact location where only occipital linear fracture and thin epidural hematoma were seen on the initial CT scanning 1 h after injury. However, the patient only complained headache, and no abnormal neurological sign was found. The hydrocephalus disappeared after emergent evacuation of hematomas by occipital para-midline approach, and the patient had favourable recovery. On basis of literature review, some issues about this case were discussed in this paper.

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LIANG Yu-min, WU Hai-bo, BAO Ying-hui, et al . One case report of traumatic progressive bilateral epidural hematomas of posterior cranial fossa[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2010 , 30(9) : 1181 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2010.09.040

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