UNUSUAL CASE OF INTRACRANIAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA

Intracranial or spinal epidural hematomas are almost always of post-tr aumatic origin, and rarely related to rupture of a dural vascular malf ormation or a hemostasis disorder. We report a case of spontaneous cer ebral epidural hematoma observed in a young girl with homozygous sickl e cell disease. After analysis of post-operative cerebral MRI, showing skull bone infarction inside and around the bone flap, it was conside red that the skull bone infarction could be responsible for a diploic venous thrombosis with subsequent ''spontaneous'' epidural hematoma.