title: Spontaneous intracranial extradural haematoma associated with frontal sinusitis and orbital involvement.
abstract: Intracranial extradural hematoma is usually traumatic. Rarely, it can occur spontaneously associated with coagulative disorders (spontaneous or iatrogenic), dural vascular malformation, cranio-facial tumors and infections. In these cases, spontaneous extradural hematoma (SEH) is a serious event that needs to be recognized and managed in time to avoid fatal outcome. The authors report a case of a 12-year-old young girl with a 3-year history of right frontal sinusitis treated urgently for a right frontal extradural hematoma involving the orbit. Diagnosis and management of this case is discussed reviewing the pertinent literature.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, AORN S. G. Moscati, Avellino, Italy.
authors: Pietro
authors: P
authors: Spennato
authors: Danilo
authors: D
authors: De Paulis
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Bocchetti
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Michele Pipola
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Sica
authors: Renato J
authors: RJ
authors: Galzio
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed