Subacute traumatic extradural haematomas of the posterior fossa: a clinicopathological entity of the 5- to 10-year-old child.
The subacute form of posterior fossa extradural haematoma, which presents a few days after minor occipital trauma, is a distinct clinicopathological entity that occurs most commonly in the 5- to 10-year-old child. Five cases are presented and the literature is reviewed since the advent of computed tomography.
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Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male