title: Epidural hematoma revealed by exophthalmia, two cases reports.
abstract: Epidural or extradural hematoma is a well known entity, usually a complication of severe traumatic head injury. The clinical presentation is most commonly a decline in consciousness and new neurological deficits. Fewer than 20% of patients demonstrate the classic presentation of a lucid interval between the initial trauma and subsequent neurological deterioration. The association of an epidural hematoma with a subperiostal intraorbital hematoma is rare, where exophthalmia is the only presenting sign. We report on two cases of frontal epidural hematoma revealed by an exophthalmia after a minor head trauma. On reporting our cases we aim to increase the awareness of this association each time a head or facial trauma is associated with exophthalmia.
authors.affiliation: Service of Neurosurgery, UHC Habib Bourguiba, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. kamel_bahloul@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bahloul
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xhumari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005145:Face; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity