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Descriptor English:   Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hematoma Epidural Craneal 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hematoma Epidural Craniano 
Synonyms English:   Cranial Epidural Hematoma
Hemorrhage, Cranial Epidural  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.300.535.450.300
C10.900.300.837.300
C14.907.253.573.400.400
C21.866.260.616.300
C21.866.915.300.490.400
C23.550.414.838.349
C23.550.414.913.400
Definition English:   Accumulation of blood in the EPIDURAL SPACE between the SKULL and the DURA MATER, often as a result of bleeding from the MENINGEAL ARTERIES associated with a temporal or parietal bone fracture. Epidural hematoma tends to expand rapidly, compressing the dura and underlying brain. Clinical features may include HEADACHE; VOMITING; HEMIPARESIS; and impaired mental function. 
History Note English:   2005 (1966) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   6557 
Unique Identifier:   D006407 

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