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Epidural hematoma from a cranial eosinophilic granuloma
Juan F Martínez-Lage1, Mar Bermúdez, Enrique Martínez-Barba
1Unit of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 4-planta, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, National Institute of Health, 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. jfmlage@arrixaca.huva.es
Abstract:
The formation of an epidural hematoma from an eosinophilic granuloma of the skull is an exceptional occurrence. A 9-year-old boy presented with severe headache, somnolence and vomiting following a minor head injury. Cranial computerized tomography scan showed a seemingly depressed skull fracture together with an epidural hematoma in evolution. A neoplasm and an epidural hematoma were removed at operation. Histopathological study of the excised mass confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic granuloma.