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The cause of epidural hematoma is usually [[brain trauma|traumatic]], although spontaneous hemorrhage is known to occur. Hemorrhages commonly result from acceleration-deceleration trauma and transverse forces.<ref name="uv">University of Vermont College of Medicine. [http://web.archive.org/web/20050309165318/http://cats.med.uvm.edu/cats_teachingmod/pathology/path302/np/home/neuroindex.html "Neuropathology: Trauma to the CNS."] Accessed through web archive.  Retrieved on February 6, 2007.</ref><ref name="McCaffrey">McCaffrey P. 2001. [http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaff/syllabi/SPPA336/336unit11.html "The Neuroscience on the Web Series: CMSD 336 Neuropathologies of Language and Cognition."] California State University, Chico. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.</ref>Epidural bleeds are usually due to shearing injury from rotational or linear forces, caused when tissues of different densities slide over one another.
The cause of epidural hematoma is usually [[brain trauma|traumatic]], although spontaneous hemorrhage is known to occur. Hemorrhages commonly result from acceleration-deceleration trauma and transverse forces.<ref name="uv">University of Vermont College of Medicine. [http://web.archive.org/web/20050309165318/http://cats.med.uvm.edu/cats_teachingmod/pathology/path302/np/home/neuroindex.html "Neuropathology: Trauma to the CNS."] Accessed through web archive.  Retrieved on February 6, 2007.</ref><ref name="McCaffrey">McCaffrey P. 2001. [http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaff/syllabi/SPPA336/336unit11.html "The Neuroscience on the Web Series: CMSD 336 Neuropathologies of Language and Cognition."] California State University, Chico. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.</ref>


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The cause of epidural hematoma is usually traumatic, although spontaneous hemorrhage is known to occur. Hemorrhages commonly result from acceleration-deceleration trauma and transverse forces.[1][2]

References

  1. University of Vermont College of Medicine. "Neuropathology: Trauma to the CNS." Accessed through web archive. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.
  2. McCaffrey P. 2001. "The Neuroscience on the Web Series: CMSD 336 Neuropathologies of Language and Cognition." California State University, Chico. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.

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