ISSN:
0942-0940
Schlagwort(e):
Epidural haematoma
;
chronic epidural haematoma
;
chronic expanding haematoma
;
haematoma membrane
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
Summary An encapsulated fluid epidural haematoma in a 9-year-old boy was successfully evacuated by a simple burr hole procedure 5 months after a minor head injury. Clinicopathological findings suggested that chronic expansion of an initially unsuspected epidural haematoma occurred as a result of repeated haemorrhages from the haematoma membrane, resulting in an unusually long delayed appearance of clinical evidence. This case demonstrates that a chronic expanding process similar to that seen in chronic subdural haematoma needs to be considered as a possible complication of epidural haematoma and indicates an important role for the haematoma membrane in the chronic expansion of epidural haematoma.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01404865
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