Chronic epidural haematoma: a report of 10 cases and review of the literature

Ten cases of chronic epidural haematoma diagnosed between March 1988 and De cember 1996 are reported. There were eight males and two females ranging in age from 12-48 years. The interval between head injury and the time of dia gnosis ranged from 13 days to 3 months with a mean duration of 28 days. The re was no mortality or morbidity in this series. The features of chronic ep idural haematoma including patient characteristics, time to diagnosis, inci dents, pathophysiology, computerized tomographic (Cf) scan findings, operat ive findings, treatment and prognosis are discussed and reviewed in conjunc tion with the literature. (C) 1999 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.