Posttraumatic subgaleal hematoma: A case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 347-349

  Antón, Jordi ^a   Pineda, Valentí ^a   Martin, César ^a   Artigas, Josep ^a   Rivera, Josefa ^a  

^a Consorci Hospitalari Pare Tauli ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cranial trauma; Posttraumatic anemia; Subaponeurotic hemorrhage; Subgaleal hematoma

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE EDEMA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VOMITING;

EID: 0032723333     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199910000-00013     Document Type: Article

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