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- Title
Treatment of cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate by needle aspiration of a communicating cephalhematoma.
- Authors
Smets, Koenraad Jan; Vanhauwaert, Dimitri
- Abstract
A newborn presented on day 15 of life with an epidural hematoma, extending through a diastatic sutura squamosa in an external cephalhematoma. There was no skull fracture. The cephalhematoma was punctured twice with 24-h interval, reducing both the cephalhematoma and the epidural component. In the absence of neurological signs or symptoms, aspirating a cephalhematoma to evacuate the communicating epidural hematoma in a newborn infant may avoid more invasive surgical intervention.
- Subjects
EPIDURAL hematoma; NEONATAL diseases; NEONATAL surgery; INFANT diseases; PEDIATRICS
- Publication
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2010, Vol 169, Issue 5, p617
- ISSN
0340-6199
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00431-009-1071-4