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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(04): 1288-1290
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_143_19
Case Report

Spontaneous intracranial extradural hematoma secondary to hypofibrinogenemia: A rare case report

Santosh Prabhu
Department of Neurosurgery, Western India Institute of Neurosciences, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
,
Sidharth Agarwal
Department of Neurosurgery, Western India Institute of Neurosciences, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
,
Sujata Prabhu
1   Department of Neuroanesthesia, Western India Institute of Neurosciences, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
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Spontaneous extradural hematoma is a well-documented but fairly rare condition, which can be associated with conditions such as vascular malformations, sickle cell disease, metastasis to the skull, infectious diseases of the skull, coagulation disorders, and use of anticoagulants. Of these, very few cases are of life-threatening extradural hematomas in adults, where hypofibrinogenemia is the cause of bleed, without any history of trauma. In this report, we have discussed the management of such a patient.

Key-words:

Cryoprecipitate - extradural hematoma - hypofibrinogenemia

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09 September 2022

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