Citation

Aromatario M, Torsello A, D'Errico S, Bertozzi G, Sessa F, Cipolloni L, Baldari B. Medicina (Lithuania) 2021; 57(2): e125.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Lietuvos Gydytoju Sajunga Lithuania)

DOI

10.3390/medicina57020125

PMID

33535407

PMCID

PMC7912597

Abstract

Epidural hematomas (EDHs) and subdural hematomas (SDHs), or so-called extra-axial bleedings, are common clinical entities after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A forensic pathologist often analyzes cases of traumatic EDHs or SDHs due to road accidents, suicides, homicides, assaults, domestic or on-the-job accidents, and even in a medical responsibility scenario. The aim of this review is to give an overview of the published data in the medical literature, useful to forensic pathologists. We mainly focused on the data from the last 15 years, and considered the most updated protocols and diagnostic-therapeutic tools. This study reviews the epidemiology, outcome, and dating of extra-axial hematomas in the adult population; studies on the controversial interdural hematoma are also included.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Suicide; Retrospective Studies; subdural hematoma; epidural hematoma; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; forensic histopathology; Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial; Hematoma, Subdural; interdural hematoma