Epidural hematoma from a cranial eosinophilic granuloma.
The formation of an epidural hematoma from an eosinophilic granuloma of the skull is an exceptional occurrence. A 9-year-old boy presented with severe headache, somnolence and vomiting following a minor head injury. Cranial computerized tomography scan showed a seemingly depressed skull fracture together with an epidural hematoma in evolution. A neoplasm and an epidural hematoma were removed at operation. Histopathological study of the excised mass confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic granuloma.
Martínez-Lage
Juan F
JF
Unit of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 4-planta, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, National Institute of Health, 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. jfmlage@arrixaca.huva.es
Bermúdez
Mar
M
Martínez-Barba
Enrique
E
Fuster
José L
JL
Poza
Máximo
M
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging