TITLE:
Intracranial Calcified Extradural Hematoma about a Case
AUTHORS:
Drissa Kanikomo, Moussa Diallo, André Tokpa, Youssouf Sogoba, Izoudine Blaise Koumaré, Mamadou Salia Diarra, Boubacar Sogoba, Oumar Diallo, Mahamadou Dama, Oumar Coulibaly, Mamady Coulibaly, Abdoulaye Kanikomo
KEYWORDS:
Extradural Hematoma, Calcification
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery,
Vol.13 No.2,
April
20,
2023
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Extradural hematoma is a common pathology in our department. The natural history of small-volume hematoma is usually towards resorption. In rare cases, the hematoma calcifies and compresses the brain. We report an extradural hematoma in a 15-year-old boy who had a road traffic accident on February 2011. The brain CT-scan performed the following day revealed a small right frontal extradural hematoma. During hospitalization, he had a fever of 40 degrees with convulsions and the blood culture isolated the coagulase-negative staphylococci and Group D streptococci. When his conscience was restored, hemiparesis and dysarthria were observed. The control brain CT-scan performed 2 weeks after the trauma showed early resorption of the hematoma. Two months after the trauma, the brain CT-scan showed calcification of the hematoma. He underwent surgery in April 2011 to remove the calcification. The sequels were hemiparesis and posttraumatic epilepsy. Conclusion: The evolution of a small non-operated extradural hematoma can be done towards calcification thus requiring surgery.