Extradural haematoma: a rare, but fatal complication of pyknodysostosis

Br J Neurosurg. 2008 Aug;22(4):594-5. doi: 10.1080/02688690801905582.

Abstract

We report a 4-year-old girl with pyknodysostosis who suffered a skull fracture and epidural haematoma following a minor fall. Craniotomy was needed to evacuate the haematoma and prevent mortality. Extradural haematoma in this group of patients is rare, ours being the second case reported in literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls
  • Child, Preschool
  • Craniotomy / methods
  • Female
  • Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / etiology*
  • Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / surgery
  • Humans
  • Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / complications*
  • Skull Fractures / complications*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vomiting / etiology