Extradural haematoma of posterior cranial fossa

Abstract

Two cases of extradural haematoma of posterior fossa with an acute course are reported. After trauma, the two patients did not show any symptom for a time of 16 and 18 hours respectively. Both of them showed a status of coma at the moment of hospitalization. The haematoma was diagnosed by CT scan. Both of them were immediately operated in order to evacuate the haematoma. Afterwards, one of the patients presented cerebellar symptoms while the other did not show any neurologic deficiency. The authors have analysed cases of this rare form of post-traumatic pathology referred in the literature since 1941, examining them from a clinical, therapeutic and prognostic point of view. The best diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to follow on this subject are then stressed.