(1) Department of Diagnostic Radiology, SUNY Health Science Center, 750 East Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA Tel.: + 1-3 15-4 64 74 34, Fax: + 1-3 15-4 64 73 98, US;(2) Radiology Associates of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY, USA, US
Abstract:
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.