Delayed Traumatic Intracerebral Hematoma -Report of 3 Cases-

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Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology 1990;3(1):52-108.

Dong Ho Kim, Mou Seop Lee

지연성 외상성 뇌실질내출혈 -3례 보고-

김동호, 이무섭

Abstract

Three patients are reported who developed delayed intracerebral hematomas following head injuries. One patient showed hematoma within 3 days after a normal computerized tomogram. The other patient developed multiple intracerebral hematomas within 28 hours after falling down from stairs, whose initial computerized tomogram exhibited only mild brain swelling. He had emergency craniotomy for frontal lobectomy but died on postoperative 6th day. Another patient developed hematoma within 7 days following head trauma, wo had good result with conservative treatment. Hematomas occured in contre coup injuries in all three cases.

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