title: Clivus epidural hematoma. Case report.
abstract: A rare case of epidural hematoma of the clivus is reported in an 11-year-old girl involved in a traffic accident which caused a severe hyperextension injury. Only one similar case has been reported in the literature. The mechanism for the formation of the hematoma of this region is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurosu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Himuro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakinoki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed