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Illustration 143 Acute Epidural Hemorrhage
. . SUMMARY —- DIFFERENTIATING SUBDURAL FROM EPIDURAL HEMORRHAGE ….. …………………….. … Subdural ……………………… Epidural Shape
…………………….long, slender, spindle………………..deep, thick, lens-shaped
Source of bleeding…..venous……………………………arterial
Treatment………………+/- neurosurgery……………+/- neurosurgery
Cause……………………..usually result of head
trauma major or minor…….most are temple skull fracture related .
Let us now look at the CT head of a brain abscess and consider a list of PEARLS relating to same—
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