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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2011
Case ReportsRapid resolution of acute epidural hematoma: case report and review of the literature.
- Habibullah Dolgun, Erhan Türkoğlu, Hayri Kertmen, Erdal Reşit Yılmaz, Behzat Ruchan Ergun, and Zeki Sekerci.
- 1st Department of Neurosurgery, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2011 May 1;17(3):283-5.
AbstractAcute epidural hematomas present a serious and urgent condition. Standard management is early diagnosis and immediate surgical evacuation. Otherwise, there is a high risk of quick deterioration and death. Only patients with small asymptomatic epidural hematomas can be managed conservatively with close observation. We present a case of traumatic right temporal epidural hematoma. This is one of the rare cases of rapid spontaneous resolution of epidural hematomas within hours. Various possible mechanisms to explain the rapid resolution are discussed together with a review of the literature regarding the conservative treatment of epidural hematoma.
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