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extradural

(ˌɛkstrəˈdjʊərəl)

adj

(Anatomy) another word for epidural¹

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Adj.

extradural - on or outside the dura mater

epidural

Translations

ex·tra·du·ral

a. extradural. V.: epidural

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Histopathologic examination revealed a lymphangioma for the specimens, involving bone and extradural mass (figures 2c and 2d).

Lymphangioma of the Thoracic Spine with Epidural Compression: A Case Report

The common abnormalities other than the fracture were extradural hematoma (n=17), cerebral infarct (n=16), intracerebral haemorrhage (n=15), and subdural hematoma (n=14) (table-I).

THE SPECTRUM OF RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH DIFFERENT CLINICAL INDICATIONS FOR CRANIAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC SCAN

Sammie was taken to York Hospital in a serious condition, where CT scans showed that the fall had caused an Extradural Haematoma - a blood clot beneath the skull.

Bridesmaid dies after fall at brother's wedding; Samantha 'Sammie' Bowman, 22, suffered a catastrophic brain injury and died after collapsing and hitting her head on a concrete floor in Thornton, East Yorkshire

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without contrast revealed a homogeneously enhancing dumbbell-shaped intraspinal extradural tumor mass extending into the left chest cavity.

SPINAL DUMBBELL EPIDURAL HEMANGIOMA: TWO STAGE/SAME SITTING/SAME POSITION POSTERIOR MICROSURGICAL AND TRANSTHORACIC ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION --CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Extradural collections are visible in both parietal regions.

Fatal Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 494 Meningitis in a Newborn, Brazil

(2) The extradural injection of saline by causing compression of the subarachnoid space and spread of local anaesthetic and saline within may be another mechanism to explain this effect.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EPIDURAL VOLUME EXTENSION TECHNIQUE VERSUS SPINAL ANAESTHESIA USING HYPERBARIC BUPIVACAINE IN LOWER ABDOMINAL AND LOWER LIMB SURGERIES

X-rays of the dorsal spine were negative; however, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the area demonstrated the presence of two distinct, fluid filled dorsal extradural lesions at the T3 and T4 level (Figures 1 and 2).

Post-exertional thoracic pseudomeningocoele in a 41-year-old woman: a rare cause of interscapular pain

According to Dolinak and Matshes (23), complex skull fractures usually occur as a result of severe head trauma and are associated with extradural and subarachnoid hemorrhages, cerebral edema, and diffuse axonal injury, which are additional markers of severe head injury.

Severe Craniocerebral Traumas From Television-Tip-Over in Children

Luetmer et al have suggested an imaging paradigm for patients with SIH centered on the presence of an extradural fluid collection.

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Tumour was primarily extradural, involving and extending from paraspinal soft tissues to the posterior arches, laminae and spinous processes of the verteberae, with their destruction.

Synovial sarcoma of cervicodorsal spine: A case report

T2-weighted MRI images in flexion position showed anterior displacement of the posterior dura by a crescentic extradural intermediate signal intensity, which represents a congested venous plexus [Figure 1c].