INTRACRANIAL HEMATOMES

Type of
hemorrhage
Blood vessel
involved

Epidural
Hematoma
Middle meningeal
artery

Subdural
Hematoma
Bridging cortical
veins

Location

Between the skull

and the dura

Clinical
Manifestation

Lucid intercal,
followed by loss
of consciousness

Between the dura

and the
arachnoid
Gradual onset of
headache and
confusions

Presentation on
CT Scan

Biconvex
hematoma

Crescent shaped
hematoma

Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
Aneurysm or AV
malformation of
anterior and
posterior
communicating
arteries
Between the
arachnoid and pia
mater
Severe headache
(The Worst),
fever, nuchal
rigidity
Blood in basal
cisterna