J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1979 Sep;8(2):447-450.
Chronic Extradural Hematoma: Report of Two Cases
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Extradural hematomas are usually acute and rapidly progressing and the lucid intervals generally varies from a few moments to several hours. However, not uncommonly, an epidural hematoma may have a lucid interval lasting weeks, months or even years, which may present as a chronic epidural hematoma. Two cases have recently come under our care, demonstrating a paucity of objective neurologic abnormalities, but with extensive compressive extradural hemorrhage, which were found incidentally during the screening examination with the CT scanning.