TY  - JOUR
T1  - Posterior Fossa Epidural Hematomas
AU - , M. Shakeri Bavil 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
SP  - 906
EP  - 910
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2008.906.910
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2008.906.910
KW  - Computed tomography
KW  -epidural hematoma
KW  -posterior cranial fossa
KW  -occipital fracture
AB  - Posterior fossa epidural hematomas are much less common than supratentorial epidural hematomas. The incidence of posterior fossa epidural hematomas among intracranial epidural hematomas has been reported to be 4-7%. Seven cases of posttrau-matic posterior fossa epidural hematomas diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) are reported with radiological and clinical findings. This study consisted of 7 posterior fossa epidural hematoma cases, out of 585 severe head trauma patients admitted and hospitalized in an 18-month period. The patients were evaluated regarding age, gender, type of trauma, cranial CT and Glasgow coma score in admittance, treatment and follow-up. Average age was 24.2 years and 85.7% of the cases were male. All cases had occipital fracture. Fifty-seven percent of the cases had only occipital fracture and posterior fossa epidural hematoma. All of the cases in this group were neurologically intact except for one who had a Glasgow coma score of 9 in admission. Two cases of this group were conservatively treated. In the others posterior fossa epidural hematomas got larger and they were treated surgically; these 2 cases recovered after surgery. Three of the 7 cases had the supratentorial region lesions; one of these cases died before operation. Two of them were treated surgically, one of them died and the other showed recovery after surgery.
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