Subacute traumatic extradural haematomas of the posterior fossa: a clinicopathological entity of the 5- to 10-year-old child.

The subacute form of posterior fossa extradural haematoma, which presents a few days after minor occipital trauma, is a distinct clinicopathological entity that occurs most commonly in the 5- to 10-year-old child. Five cases are presented and the literature is reviewed since the advent of computed tomography.