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.
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