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CT easily diagnoses epidural hematomas. The appearance of an epidural hematoma may be delayed by compression from a contralateral lesion. The possibility of a delayed epidural hematoma should be kept in mind in the presence of additional findings such as a skull fracture contralateral to the original lesion or decompression of the epidural hematoma into either the subgaleal or the subarachnoid space. We present a case in which an epidural hematoma declared itself after the evacuation of a contralateral subdural hematoma.
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Ravenel, J., Lieberman, K. & Wasenko, J. Delayed epidural hematoma after evacuation of a subdural hematoma. Emergency Radiology 7, 111–113 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101400050100
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101400050100