Post-traumatic epidural hematoma in two patients with long-standing "arrested" hydrocephalus.
The occurrence of a post-traumatic epidural hematoma in two patients with long-standing "arrested" hydrocephalus is reported. There was a relatively long interval between the head injury and the onset of symptoms. The large hematoma was accommodated by the decrease in size of the markedly dilated ventricles. This report stresses the possibility of the presence of an epidural hematoma in the management of head injury in patients with long-standing "arrested" hydrocephalus.
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed