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Epidural Hematoma: Report of Seven Cases with Delayed Evolution of Symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

B.G. Benoit ,
N.A. Russell ,
M.T. Richard ,
H. Hugenholtz ,
E.C.G. Ventureyra  and
S.H. Choo
B.G. Benoit*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
N.A. Russell
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
M.T. Richard
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
H. Hugenholtz
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
E.C.G. Ventureyra
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
S.H. Choo
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
*
Suite 308, 1081 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario Kl Y 4G2
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Epidural hematomas occasionally have a prolonged clinical course with gradual evolution of the neurologic symptoms. Seven such cases are reviewed in this report. Although the clinical course is insidious, there are certain features which should signal the presence of a slowly expanding hematoma. After an apparently minor head injury, the patient who is usually in the younger age group, develops headache. This persists and is accompanied by other non-specific neurologic symptoms which may lead to a mistaken diagnosis of “post-concussion syndrome”. Papilledema and focal neurologic deficits eventually appear. Definitive diagnosis is made by the CT scan, although contrast enhancement may be necessary to confirm the nature of the lesion. The treatment is craniotomy and evacuation of the hematoma before serious neurologic deterioration occurs.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 321 - 324
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1982

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