Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall

Post-traumatic acute subdural haematomas are rare in children and associated with significant cerebral oedema. There is need to understand pathophysiology in a better way to improve the outcome. We report a case of traumatic acute subdural haematoma in five year old male child because of its rarity...

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Main Author: Amit Agrawal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: London Academic Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Romanian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1076
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spelling doaj-efb9f89c83b14ffeaedd4dcdbb3ed7a42020-11-25T01:51:16ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592018-03-01321Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fallAmit Agrawal Post-traumatic acute subdural haematomas are rare in children and associated with significant cerebral oedema. There is need to understand pathophysiology in a better way to improve the outcome. We report a case of traumatic acute subdural haematoma in five year old male child because of its rarity and difficulty confronted in the management of this lesion. https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1076Acute subdural haematomapediatric head injurytrauma
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Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
Romanian Neurosurgery
Acute subdural haematoma
pediatric head injury
trauma
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author_sort Amit Agrawal
title Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
title_short Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
title_full Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
title_fullStr Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
title_full_unstemmed Post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
title_sort post-traumatic massive acute subdural haematoma in a child following trivial fall
publisher London Academic Publishing
series Romanian Neurosurgery
issn 1220-8841
2344-4959
publishDate 2018-03-01
description Post-traumatic acute subdural haematomas are rare in children and associated with significant cerebral oedema. There is need to understand pathophysiology in a better way to improve the outcome. We report a case of traumatic acute subdural haematoma in five year old male child because of its rarity and difficulty confronted in the management of this lesion.
topic Acute subdural haematoma
pediatric head injury
trauma
url https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1076
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