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Acute posttraumatic paraplegia caused by epidural hematoma at the vertex
A Messori1, F Pauri, F Rychlicki
1Department of Neuroradiology, University of Ancona, Italy.
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
|October 24, 2001
Abstract:
Vertex epidural hematomas (VEDHs) are well known but uncommon. Their clinical presentation may be misleading and missed by routine CT axial scanning; thus, diagnosis may be delayed, with possibly fatal consequences. We report a case of acute posttraumatic paraplegia caused by a VEDH, which was evident at CT and for which the patient underwent successful surgery.