Air in acute extradural hematomas: report of six cases.
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.
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Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey.
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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