title: Air in acute extradural hematomas: report of six cases.
abstract: Presence of air in acute extradural hematomas has been described by several authors. Little attention has been paid to its significance. We report six pediatric patients with air-containing extradural hematomas. A fracture involving air-containing structures in either anterior or middle cranial fossa was detected on computed tomographic scans of all patients. The pertinent literature was reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ersahin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mutluer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed