Nontraumatic epidural hematoma in a young woman. The grey area in the top left is organizing hematoma, causing midline shift and compression of the ventricle.
Epidural hematoma is usually caused by the rupture of the middle meningeal artery. The cause is usaully traumatic, although spontaneous hemorrhage is known to occur. There is blood accumulation between the dura mater and the inner skull. Image File history File links Epidural hematoma as diagnosed in one of my patients. ... The middle meningeal artery is typically the first branch of the first part (retromandibular part) of the maxillary artery; one of the two terminal branches of the external carotid artery. ... Head injury is a trauma to the head, that may or may not include injury to the brain (see also brain injury). ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... The dura mater (from the Latin hard mother) is the tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges (the other two being the pia mater and the arachnoid). ...
Therapy is by neurosurgically evacuating the hematoma through a burr hole or craniotomy. Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases ammenable to mechanical intervention. ... A burr hole is a neurosurgical procedure to relieve hematoma around the brain. ... A craniotomy is a surgical operation in which part of the skull (part of the cranium) is removed in order to access the brain. ...
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