Acute epidural hematoma following epileptic seizures
K. Tabaddor and S. Balagura
In cases of acute cranial epidural hematoma following trauma incurred
during a major motor seizure, the symptoms and signs of the hematoma can be
erroneously attributed to the postictal state. Since delay in diagnosis
commonly leads to a poor or fatal outcome, an expanding mass should be
suspected when status epilepticus, focal seizures, or postictal
neurological deficits appear in an epileptic who has not previously had
these symptoms.