TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 120. Subdural Hematoma Aspiration in the Infant
A1  - Reichman, Eric F.
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 
T2  - Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
AB  - Extra-axial  fluid  collections  in  children  are  classified  as  symptomatic  and  asymptomatic.  Symptomatic,  chronic  extra-axial  fluid  collections  have  been  variously  classified  as  hematomas,  effusions,  or  hygromas  with  differing  definitions  associated  with  each.  It  has  been  proposed  that  they  all  be  classified  together  as  extra-axial  fluid  collections  because  their  appearance  on  CT  scan  and  the  treatment  is  identical.1  Symptomatic,  chronic  extra-axial  fluid  collections  usually  show  ventricular  compression  and  flattening  or  obliteration  of  the  cerebral  sulci  on  CT  scans.  Benign  subdural  fluid  collections  usually  appear  as  a  hypodensity  over  the  frontal  lobes  with  dilatation  of  the  interhemispheric  fissure,  cortical  sulci,  and  Sylvian  fissure.  The  ventricles  are  usually  normal  or  slightly  enlarged  with  no  evidence  of  transependymal  flow.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57712715
ER  -