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*Patient may have lucid interval.<ref name=pmid8319240>{{cite journal |author=Erşahin Y, Mutluer S, Güzelbag E |title=Extradural hematoma: analysis of 146 cases |journal=Childs Nerv Syst |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=96–9 |year=1993 |month=April |pmid=8319240 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Patient may have lucid interval.<ref name=pmid8319240>{{cite journal |author=Erşahin Y, Mutluer S, Güzelbag E |title=Extradural hematoma: analysis of 146 cases |journal=Childs Nerv Syst |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=96–9 |year=1993 |month=April |pmid=8319240 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Classically due to an injury of the ''middle meningeal artery''. | *Classically due to an injury of the ''middle meningeal artery''. | ||
* | *Usually due to trauma. | ||
*Generally considered artefactual in the context of [[fire deaths]].<ref name=pmid2309533>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ritter | first1 = C. | title = [A heat gelatinized subdural hematoma in a burned cadaver as an indication of a vital accident]. | journal = Z Rechtsmed | volume = 103 | issue = 3 | pages = 227-30 | month = | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2309533 }}</ref> | |||
=== | ===Gross=== | ||
*Blood outside of the dura. | |||
Radiology: | |||
*Biconvex. | *Biconvex. | ||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*+/-Extravasated [[red blood cell]]s. | |||
*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages. | |||
==Subdural hematoma== | ==Subdural hematoma== | ||