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Epidural hematoma represents bleeding between the dura and the skull. It accounts for 1–4 % of traumatic head injuries. Typically, epidural hematomas have high-attenuation, are biconvex, and are extra-axial blood collections on CT. The margins of the hematoma are anchored at the sutures and they can cross the midline at the vertex. Careful examination of a CT study with bone windows allows identification of a skull fractures in 90 % or more of adults with an epidural hematomas.
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Moreno, M.E., Álamos, F. (2016). Epidural Hematoma. In: Hoffmann Nunes, R., Abello, A., Castillo, M. (eds) Critical Findings in Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27987-9_22
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