The danger of an ultra-early computed tomographic scan in a patient with an evolving acute epidural hematoma

H K Smith; J D Miller

doi:10.1097/00006123-199108000-00016

The danger of an ultra-early computed tomographic scan in a patient with an evolving acute epidural hematoma

Neurosurgery. 1991 Aug;29(2):258-60. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199108000-00016.

Authors

H K Smith¹, J D Miller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.

PMID: 1886666
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199108000-00016

Abstract

A case of an acute traumatic epidural hematoma that developed after an ultra-early computed tomographic scan of the head is discussed. Serial neurological examinations in patients with head injuries are recommended.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Injuries / surgery
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / diagnostic imaging*
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / surgery
Humans
Male
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*