title: Serial CT findings of a rapidly calcified epidural hematoma in a young adult: a case report.
abstract: We report serial computed tomography (CT) findings in a rare case of a rapidly calcified epidural hematoma. A 21-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. An initial cranial CT revealed a right frontal bone fracture. She complained of right frontal headache, but showed no neurological deficit or tendency for bleeding. Therefore, she was treated conservatively without surgical intervention. Follow-up CT revealed an ossified epidural hematoma (EDH) 17 days after the head injury, and the ossification later thickened. However, a decrease in the width of the EDH was observed during the 9 months of follow-up during which serial CT images were acquired. The EDH resolved 9 months after the initial trauma, but the calcification layer remained thickened.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Byung Hoon
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yoon Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Chan-Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Calcification; epidural hematoma; ossification; trauma