title: Retroclival epidural hematoma secondary to a longitudinal clivus fracture.
abstract: Retroclival epidural hematomas (RCEDH) make part of posterior fossa epidural hematomas (PFEDH) and represent an extremely rare entity not always easily diagnosed with computerized tomography (CT) due to beam hardening artifacts. The authors present a case of a child-to our knowledge-the first reported until now-featured the rare combination of a longitudinal clivus fracture associated with concomitant epidural hematoma treated conservatively with favorable outcome of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Larissa University Hospital, Mesourlo, Greece. kpaterakis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Konstantinos N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Paterakis
authors.forename: Apostolos H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Karantanas
authors.forename: Georgios M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hadjigeorgiou
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anagnostopoulos
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karavelis
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000293:injuries*; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology