Extradural haemorrhage

external

• Causes

  • Middle meningeal artery rupture
  • Blow to side of head
  • Skull fracture

• Effects

  • Acute headache
  • Fluctuating conscious level
  • Clot limited by suture line
  • Convex-shaped intracranial bleed
  • Subperiosteal clot

• Parents

  • Intracranial bleed

• Treatments

  • Crainiotomy

• Description

  • "Incidence - 2% of head injuries Loaction: 95% supratentorial -temporoparietal -60% -frontal - 20% -parieto-occipital - 20% Younger ages - dura not adherent to skull"