title: Chronic epidural haematoma. A non-typical course of extradural haemorrhage.
abstract: 4 Patients with chronic epidural haematoma are presented. Emphasis is placed a) clinically on symptoms of an intracranial hypertension and b) on the C.T.-scan demonstrating the presence of a homogeneous clot. At operation the findings were a clotted haematoma encapsulated on the dural side and the still leaking blood vessel.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed