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Case Reports
. 2010 May;169(5):617-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00431-009-1071-4. Epub 2009 Oct 16.

Treatment of cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate by needle aspiration of a communicating cephalhematoma

Koenraad Jan Smets  1 , Dimitri Vanhauwaert
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Case Reports

Treatment of cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate by needle aspiration of a communicating cephalhematoma

Koenraad Jan Smets et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2010 May.

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.

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