[Possible diagnostic misinterpretations in chronic epidural hematoma].

Of fifteen epidural hematomas with a protracted course of growth, three were preoperatively diagnosed on the suspicion of tumorous growth. By taking into account the entire course of disease, evidence of posttraumatic complications was obtained only from anamneses and, in one single case, from a fracture of the skull. Using the methods of instrumental neuroradiological diagnosis, the intracranial occupation of space could not be observed to be outside of the cerebrum.