Abstract
Epidural hematoma is rare in newborn infants. Only 12 prior cases have been reported in English or Japanese writings. Nine cases of those were treated surgically. We reported two cases of newborn infants with an epidural hematoma which was detected by ultrasonic sector scan below a cephalhematoma with linear skull fracture immediately, after birth. In both cases, the epidural hematoma disappeared after the aspiration of cephalhematoma using a syringe. The patients have no abnormal neurological signs at present one year after birth.
It was recommended to perform aspiration of cephalhematoma in cases of possible communication between epidural hematoma and cephalhematoma through skull fracture was suspected. Furthermore, ultrasonic sector scan is a very useful image system in the diagnosis and follow-up of epidural hematoma as well as other intracranial hemorrhages.
