Archive for May, 2009
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The original plan was to have three or four cases for the intracranial extraaxial hemorrhage series scheduled for posting over the weekend. Then I noticed that this would be my five hundredth post. Most of my friends in the medical blogging community and my friends on twitter (my tweeps) know that I’m sentimental about these [...]
scanman’s casebook: Case 18
3 Comments Published by Vijay May 8th, 2009 in Brain, CT, Radiology, casebook…
Note: This is the first case in a short series of CT images of extra-axial intracranial hemorrhages.
Diagnosis: Extradural Hemorrhage.
Also known as Extradural Hematoma, Epidural Hemorrhage or Epidural Hematoma.
Extradural hemorrhages (EDH) are found in 1% to 4% of all head trauma cases and in about 10% of patients who present with traumatic coma. Fewer than 20% [...]
