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Case Reports
. 2015 May 11;6(4):2054270415579137.
doi: 10.1177/2054270415579137. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Traumatic bifrontal extradural haematoma resulting from superior sagittal sinus injury: case report

Alexios Bimpis  1 , Hani J Marcus  1 , Mark H Wilson  1
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Traumatic bifrontal extradural haematoma resulting from superior sagittal sinus injury: case report

Alexios Bimpis et al. JRSM Open. .

Abstract

Traumatic bilateral extradural haematoma resulting from injury to the superior sagittal sinus is rare; in such cases, early surgical evacuation of the haematoma and control of bleeding from the sinus can achieve an excellent patient outcome.

Keywords: bifrontal; bilateral; epidural; extradural; haematoma.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(a) Preoperative axial computed tomography head demonstrating bifrontal extradural haematoma with underlying complex skull vault fractures including a right temporoparietal depressed skull fracture, and a fracture line extending across the midline, (b) preoperative computed tomography head 3D reconstruction and (c) postoperative computed tomography head demonstrating evacuation of the haematoma.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Intraoperative image demonstrating preservation of the midline skull vault and use of dural tenting sutures.
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