... with bilateral epidural hematomas. Vascularized arachnoid granulations, spinal epidural lipomatosis, and low conus medullaris have not been previously described in Penttinen syndrome. Case Presentation: A female with Penttinen syndrome diagnosed at 9 years of age initially presented as an infant with cutaneous...

...Nuri Serdar Baş; Murat Karacan; Ebru Doruk; Feyza Karagoz Guzey Aim and Background: Traumatic epidural hematoma (EDH) is a rare but possibly fatal complication of head trauma in infants. In this study, infants who were younger than 1 year and followed up and treated for TEDH in our clinic were...

... bleeding of vascular malformations. In this study, we present the first pediatric case of KWNP caused by a traumatic epidural hematoma. Although subdural hematomas are the most frequent reason for KWNP, epidural hematomas may cause paradoxical ipsilateral signs not only in adults but also in pediatric...

...Pierre-Olivier Champagne; Kevin Xiaho He; Claude Mercier; Alexander G. Weil; Louis Crevier Background/Aims: Conservative management of traumatic epidural hematomas is being recognized as a safe alternative to surgical treatment in asymptomatic children. There is still debate about the maximal size...

...: This retrospective study included 25 children operated on due to herniated traumatic extra-axial hematomas from January 2000 to December 2010. Results: Of those 25 children, 17 (68%) were diagnosed with subdural hematoma (SDH), 7 (28%) with epidural hematoma (EDH) and only 1 patient (4%) suffered from both SDH...

...Tymon Skadorwa; Elżbieta Zygańska; Mikołaj Eibl; Bogdan Ciszek Background: Epidural hematoma (EDH) is the most common form of intracranial bleeding following head trauma in pediatric patients. It may develop into a life-threatening pathology, requiring an immediate neurosurgical intervention...

...Ghassan K. Bejjani; David J. Donahue; Jerome Rusin; Lyle D. Broemeling Objective: Modern neuroimaging and intensive care permit precise delineation and specific treatment of head injury. Children sustaining cranial trauma associated with epidural hematoma (EDH) represent a heterogeneous group...

...Kamal K. Kalia; Dale M. Swift; Dachling Pang Although extra-axial hematomas are a well-known complication of ventricular shunting, epidural hematomas are uncommon in this setting. We report an unusual case of multiple epidural hematomas in a patient with hydrocephalus treated...

...Abderrahmane Hamlat; Anne Heckly; Namane Doumbouya; Eric Seigneuret; Gilles Brassier Although some complications have been reported when using endoscopic techniques, epidural hematoma (EDH) has rarely been caused. The authors report a case of EDH complicating a concomitant endoscopic biopsy...

... venous line Complications of central line placement Extravasation injury Subdural hematoma Epidural hematoma Pediatric intensive care patients commonly require placement of a central venous catheter for monitoring, intravenous access and nutrition [ 1, 2 ]. Complications of central venous...

... fractures, 2 epidural hematomas, 1 subdural hematoma, 1 odontoid fracture and 1 anoxic brain injury. There was 1 death. Twenty-one of 24 patients incurred their injuries by colliding with fixed objects. Both improvised crafts and models intended for sledding were involved in the injuries. Only 3 sleds...

...Bulent Erdogan; Orhan Sen; Nebil Bal; Melih Cekinmez; Nur Altinors Conservative treatment of an epidural hematoma is not always effective in children. We describe an 8-year-old boy who had been followed up conservatively for 10 days at a local hospital due to acute epidural hematoma. A new CT...

...Selcuk Yilmazlar; Ozgur Taskapilioglu; Kaya Aksoy Although unilateral epidural hematomas are well known, bilateral presentation, especially at the confluens sinuum, is uncommon, and its diagnosis may be delayed, thus causing morbidity. We report a case of acute posttraumatic cortical blindness due...

... system. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:745–754. 10. Oruckaptan HH, Soylemezoglu F, Kutluk T, Akalan N: Benign melanocytic tumor in infancy: Discussion on a rare case and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg 2000;32:240–247. Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy Dura Epidural hematoma...

...Der-Yang Cho; Wen-Rei Liau; I-Peng Chiang The most common symptoms of eosinophilic granuloma are local tenderness and an enlarged skull mass. The presence of epidural hematoma is a very rare symptom of eosinophilic granuloma. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of eosinophilic...

...Martin Strowitzki; Regina Eymann; Jochen Schleifer; Wolf-Ingo Steudel The case of an 11-year-old boy is presented who suffered a bicycle accident with a parasagittal skull fracture, a small vertex epidural hematoma, frontal contusions and a frontal subgaleal hematoma. Enlargement of the vertex...

... and nail abnormalities. In the literature, pyknodysostosis was reported only as case reports. Here, we describe a pyknodysostotic child with a bilateral parietal epidural hematoma, caused by a relatively mild head trauma. He was operated on, and the hematoma was evacuated through two different parietal...

..., a retrospective analysis was also performed of the hospital admission records of children admitted over a 5-year period (1990–1994) with the diagnosis of epidural hematoma (EDH) to identify the typical time intervals between injury and documentation of the lesion in these cases. Results: Forty-four patients...

... or to satisfy a routine. Reoperation for postoperative epidural hematoma was required in 1 child (0.3%) and that child was subsequently discovered to have hemophilia. The author concludes that there is no compelling evidence for the prophylactic use of dural tenting sutures in children. 3 9 1998...