Head Neck Anatomy and Clinical Correlate Flashcards
Dangerous area of scalp
Loose areolar ct
Scalping occurs in this layer
4th layer
Blood vessel in 4th layer
Superior sagittal sinus communicating to emissary vessel
Largest and most constant vessel that pass through mastoid bone to lateral sinus
Emissary vessel
Loose CT communicates to this by way of emissary veins
Cranial dural venous sinus
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Responsible for gaping wounds
Galea aponeurotica
Tearing of bridging emissary veins
Shear stress
Subdural hematoma
Tearing of bridging veins, subdural vessel, parenchymal vessel
May be venous or arterial
Subdural hematoma
Up to 48 h
Blood and clot - hyperdense
White in CT
Hyperdense
Acute Subdural hematoma
2-14 days
Clotted blood and fluid
Hyper to isodense
Subacute
> 14 days
Liquified hematoma
Hypodense
Gray in CT
Chronic subdural hematoma
60% of subdural hematomas
post traumatic
CT scan in subdural hematoma
Crescentic or concave follows contour
Common in elderly very young No history of trauma Chronic alcoholism Coagulopathy Anticoagulant esp Warfarin
Chronic subdural hematoma
When in Warfarin maintain
INR 2-3
Due to traumatic rupture of middle meningeal artery
Epidural hematoma
CT on Epidural hematoma
Convex/Lens shaped
Anterior branch of middle meningeal artery lies on groove on its internal aspect
pterion
Artery on pterion
Anterior Branch of Middle Meningeal Artery
MMA rupture
Epidural hematoma
Low flow
Emissary vessel
High flow
MMA
More fatal and drastic
Epidural hematoma
Loss of consciousness
Awake
Loss of consciousness
Coma and deteriotate
Lucid interval
Classic of lucid interval
Epidural
Epidural hematoma dx
Plain CT
Biconvex
Blunt trauma
Does not cross suture line
Fx of pterion
Epidural hematoma
Most important risk factor in IC hematoma
Skull fracture
Boggy edematous swelling of soft tissues of scalp Disappears Crosses suture line No pathologic significance Crosses midline
Caput succadaneum
Subperiosteal collection of blood
Never crosses suture line
Cephalhematoma
Vacuum delivery
Forceps
Will not cross suture
Cephalhematoma
Vacuum delivery Forceps delivery Extraperiosteal Can cross suture line Can cross midline
Lifethreatening hypovolemia
20-30%
Subgaleal hemorrhage
Diamond
Becomes bregma
Anterior fontanelle
Triangular
Becomes lambda
Posterior fontanelle
Anterior fontanelle closes by
18 months
Postrior fontanelle closes by
First year of life
Early closure of fontanelles
Craniosynostosis