Posterior fossa extradural hematoma due to closed head injuries
- Author:
Son Van Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
head injury
- MeSH:
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial;
Head Injuries, Closed
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2000;392(12):11-13
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Extradural hematoma of posterior cranial fossa that related to closed head injuries was rare and difficult diagnosis. The study involved 45 patients. 40/45 patients had signs of hematoma in occipital region, 34/45 patients had headache, 28/45 patients had vomit, 22/45 had dizziness, 30/45 patients had sleepy. 23 patients received X-ray imaging, in which, 11 patients showed the rupture of occipital bone. On CT images, rate of partial ventricular collapse and displacement was 95.6%. 28/45 patients with posterior fossa extradural hematoma had conscious duration. And in 18 patients this duration longed for more than 1 days. Perception worsened rapidly is a common sign of posterior fossa extradural hematoma, especially in acute hematoma. Mortality of posterior fossa extradural hematoma was 20%. Rate of patient without post-operative complication was 71.1%. Rate of patient with post-operative complication was 8.9%.
