Abstract
We encountered a case of head trauma with very unusual delayed events. A 68-year-old
woman was admitted to our hospital after receiving a direct impact to her occiput
in a traffic accident. Head CT scans showed a thin acute epidural hematoma in the
posterior fossa corresponding to a linear fracture, followed by late onset of contrecoup
left frontal epidural hematoma and subsequent cerebellar contusion in the right cerebellar
hemisphere. Fifteen days after the trauma, the patient developed mild motor weakness
of right upper extremity. MRIs demonstrated an infarct in the territory of the left
recurrent artery of Heubner. Although rare, atypical late events in patients with
head trauma as reported here should be taken into consideration during subacute follow-up
periods.
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Accepted:
August 19,
2008
Received:
July 5,
2008
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