epidural hemorrhage

epidural hemorrhage

Haemorrhage into the epidural space, which occurs in 10% of patients with severe head trauma; 80% are associated with skull fractures, especially of the temporal bone; many of these disrupt the middle meningeal artery, veins, dural-venous sinuses, and skull vessels.
Clinical findings
Continued bleeding causes intracranial hypertension, uncal herniation and, if untreated, death.