title: Acute posttraumatic paraplegia caused by epidural hematoma at the vertex.
abstract: Vertex epidural hematomas (VEDHs) are well known but uncommon. Their clinical presentation may be misleading and missed by routine CT axial scanning; thus, diagnosis may be delayed, with possibly fatal consequences. We report a case of acute posttraumatic paraplegia caused by a VEDH, which was evident at CT and for which the patient underwent successful surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pauri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rychlicki
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Veronesi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Salvolini
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe