title: Epidural hematoma from a cranial eosinophilic granuloma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bermúdez
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Barba
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fuster
authors.forename: Máximo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poza
mesh_terms: 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