title: [Epidural hematoma at the vertex: case report].
abstract: We report the unusual case of a 37 years old man with an epidural traumatic hematoma at the vertex with intracranial hypertension symptoms. The diagnostic was achieved with coronal cranial tomographic scans and a craniotomy was performed for hematoma removal.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Complexo Hospitalar Heliópolis, São Paulo SP, Brasil. lfhjr@zipmail.com.br
authors.forename: Luiz Fernando Júnior
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Haikel
authors.forename: Sérgio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Listik
authors.forename: José Carlos Júnior
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Marcelo B Soares
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Viterbo
authors.forename: Clemente A Brito
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003399:Craniotomy; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed