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Subacute traumatic extradural haematomas of the posterior fossa: a clinicopathological entity of the 5- to 10-year-old child

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The subacute form of posterior fossa extradural haematoma, which presents a few days after minor occipital trauma, is a distinct clinicopathological entity that occurs most commonly in the 5-to 10-year-old child. Five cases are presented and the literature is reviewed since the advent of computed tomography.

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Peter, J.C., Domingo, Z. Subacute traumatic extradural haematomas of the posterior fossa: a clinicopathological entity of the 5- to 10-year-old child. Child's Nerv Syst 6, 135–138 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00308489

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