Posterior fossa extradural hematomas in children: report of nine cases
| Autor: | L. Nuteanu, A. V. Ciurea, N. Simionescu, S. Georgescu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Hematoma
Epidural Cranial Male medicine.medical_specialty Posterior fossa Computed tomography Hematoma Postoperative Complications Medicine Humans Glasgow Coma Scale Child Neurologic Examination medicine.diagnostic_test Skull Fractures business.industry Vascular disease General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery body regions Cranial Fossa Posterior Child Preschool Occipital Bone Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Gait Ataxia Vomiting Female Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery medicine.symptom business Complication Tomography X-Ray Computed Craniotomy Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 9(4) |
| ISSN: | 0256-7040 |
| Popis: | Extradural post-traumatic posterior fossa hematoma is a rare condition estimated to complicate about 0.13% of all craniocerebral injureis, and represents 5.8% of the entire group of extradural hematomas in our records. Nine cases of posterior fossa extradural hematomas are presented. The clinical picture was dominated by headache, vomiting, and gait ataxia. An occipital fracture was seen in 77.7% of the patients. In all cases, the diagnosis was made by computed tomography. The postoperative evolution was good. |
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