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Large right temporal epidural hematoma in a 46-year-old man following vehicular trauma (CT)

Panel of four contiguous enhanced cranial CT images demonstrates a massive acute epidural hematoma arising in the right temporal fossa. Note brainstem compression and shift of midline structures away from the lesion. (Contributed by Dr. Vincent Traynelis.)

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Associated Disorders

  • 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