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Delayed development of extradural haematomas

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Two cases of extradural haematoma of delayed onset, demonstrated by serial computed tomography (CT), are presented. The first patient developed a fatal posterior fossa haematoma, which was not present on the initial CT four hours after the accident. The second patient developed a right parietal haematoma, which was not present on the CT two and a half hours after the accident. These cases are in disagreement with the hypothesis that extradural haematomas reach near maximum size within minutes after trauma.

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  1. H. Fankhauser M.D. & M. Kiener

    Present address: Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

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    Fankhauser, H., Kiener, M. Delayed development of extradural haematomas. Acta neurochir 60, 29–35 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401747

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