The benign acute epidural haematoma.
The Authors propose a new approach to the treatment and prognostic evaluation of post-traumatic supratentorial acute epidural haematoma (PSAEH). As far as this lesion is concerned a group of patients with a favourable prognosis and without indications for a surgical treatment may be identified. To this purpose, the clinical picture, characterized by a slight symptomatology undergoing a regression phase (stupor, headache, etc.) and a skull CT-scan, characterized by a slight shift of the middle line structures and by the volume of haematoma less than 55 cc, are important aids.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed