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The efficacy of conservative treatment of an epidural hematoma is unconvinced in children. Here we describe an 18-year-old boy who had been followed up conservatively for 20 days after injury at a local hospital, with an acute same sided double epidural hematoma. The patient presented to us after three weeks of injury, with symptoms of […]

Extrapulmonary skeletal involvement of calvarium in tuberculosis is very uncommon and presentation in an infant has never been reported. It usually presents as a painless scalp swelling, often with a discharging sinus. We report here a case of extensive calvarial tuberculosis seen in an infant presenting as exophytic ulcerated growth on the scalp. Differential diagnosis, […]

Introduction Majority of patients undergoing decompressive craniectomy (DC) for traumatic brain injury may develop post-traumatic hydrocephalus (PTH). This remains a challenge to manage as most patients are tracheotomised and run high risk of shunt infection and malfunction following VP shunt. Theco-peritoneal shunt (TP shunt) may be an attractive alternative in this scenario. Aims & Objectives […]

Over the years the maternal mortality depending on the obstetric causes has reduced whereas there is a relative increase in maternal mortality and morbidity due to non-obstetric causes. Trauma during pregnancy, including head injury, is one of the leading causes of incidental maternal death and morbidity, and complicates 6%–7% of all pregnancies. Furthermore it predisposes […]