Treatment of cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate by needle aspiration of a communicating cephalhematoma.
A newborn presented on day 15 of life with an epidural hematoma, extending through a diastatic sutura squamosa in an external cephalhematoma. There was no skull fracture. The cephalhematoma was punctured twice with 24-h interval, reducing both the cephalhematoma and the epidural component. In the absence of neurological signs or symptoms, aspirating a cephalhematoma to evacuate the communicating epidural hematoma in a newborn infant may avoid more invasive surgical intervention.
Smets
Koenraad Jan
KJ
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent, Belgium. koenraad.smets@ugent.be
Vanhauwaert
Dimitri
D
D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000150:complications; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum; D012886:Skull; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed