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Epidural hematoma underlying a right frontal depressed skull fracture in a 5-year-old boy (CT)

Nonenhanced cranial CT scan (A) reveals a right frontoparietal acute epidural hematoma under an apparent fracture (arrow). Note extracranial soft-tissue swelling at the site of impact overlying the fracture. The CT scout film (B) demonstrates a complex left frontal skull fracture, the depressed nature of which is clearly delineated by cranial CT (C) with bone window attenuation (arrow). (Contributed by Dr. Vincent Traynelis.)

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  • Alcohol intoxication
  • Cerebral contusion
  • Cerebral edema
  • Communicating hydrocephalus
  • Depressed skull fracture
  • Diffuse axonal injury
  • Illicit drug intoxication
  • Intraparenchymal hematoma
  • Intraventricular hemorrhage
  • Linear skull fracture
  • Obstructive hydrocephalus
  • Scalp laceration
  • Subdural hematoma
  • Subgaleal hematoma
  • Transtentorial herniation
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Uncal herniation