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Initial Brain CT scan of the patient. It shows a large right frontotemporal epidural hematoma with midline shift and a small hemorrhagic contusion in the left temporal. There was no definite sign of the contra lateral hematoma at this stage.
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Although a bilateral frontal diastatic fracture could also be noticed, there was no definite sign of the contra lateral hematoma at that stage considering the quality of the CT scan (Fig. 1).
Postoperative brain CT scan of the patient. As can be seen a contra lateral left temporoparietal epidural hematoma had been developed.
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Since after the operation the patient remained unconscious, a new CT scan was performed, postoperatively (Fig. 2).