title: Chronic extradural haemorrhage. A case report and brief literature review.
abstract: A case of chronic extradural haemorrhage with a presumed time interval of 5-6 weeks between injury and diagnosis at postmortem examination is presented. The literature relating to this entity has been reviewed, and relevant features commented upon, including time intervals, age, sex, location, clinical features, pathological findings, associated skull fractures, mechanisms involved, and the source of the bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Manchester University, England.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lawler
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged