Epilepsy and acute traumatic intracranial haematoma.
Acute intracranial haematoma significantly increases the incidence of traumatic epilepsy, both early (first week) and late. Early epilepsy can cause diagnostic and management problems, while late epilepsy may produce persisting disability.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors