Is there a possibility that a skull fracture was misdiagnosed as just a subdural hematoma?

Question

Last summer at our family reunion,my sister was involved in an accident in the pool.My nephew jumped on top of her in the water,and she hit the bottom of the concrete pool with her head in her R temporal region.She says when she got out of the pool that she was disoriented for a short amount of time, but the swelling began immediately.It was huge!With all of the medical people in our family, not one person thought she needed to have a CT scan.They sat her on the couch with ice on her head.The rest of the day it seemed as though she was in a drunken stupor.The bruising startedabout 72 hours later.She had a moon face with raccoon eyes,bruising on the R side of her face,and bruising behind her right ear with severe headache lasting for about two weeks.I finally talked her into going to the ER.2 CT scans later and no fracture.Since she has had memory loss,H/A,muscle weakness,neck pain,and 3 hard nodules have appeared behind R ear. I can't convince her to call a neurologist.

Answer 1

She needs to go to the doctor ASAP. It is not the skull fracture you should be worried about. When bleeding in the brain occurs it creates a site of injury. At this site the are gets very acidic because of the damage. Then your immune system tries to fight the damage by neutrophils and macrophages. They eat through the tissue and you make scars. In the brain the scars are permanent and they cannot be fixed. When blood supply begins to regenerate at that site, a person can develop another bleed, that cannow be affecting any areas of the brain, also it is possible to get a reperfusion injury to the body that will create cell death and make holes in the brain. SERIOUSLY TIE HER UP AND TAKE HER TO THE ER!!!!! You dont want to mess with Brain injury....It has to be treated ASAP or that part of your brain will be gone forever

Answer 2

It's possible, but the doctors at the ER should have caught it if there was a fracture.

However, someone could have serious after effects from a head injury even if there was no fracture.

Answer 3

If they diagnosed a subdural hematoma then that is what they saw on the CT scan pictures. My problem is why haven't they done surgery to correct this? Yes she needs to be re-evaluated as they should have treated her in the first place.

Answer 4

ALL THOSE ARE SYMPTOMS OF CONTUSIONSIN THE HEAD THE DANGER PART YOU DID NOT MENTION IS IF THERE WAS ANY SECRETION FROM THE EAR.
A SKULL FRACTURE CAN BE REVEALEDTROUGH AN X RAY.
WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE THJE SKULL, INTERNAL HEMORRAGE TRHE PIA MATTER AND THE DURA MATTER IS SEEN TROUGH THE CAT SCAN.
MINIMUM X RAY WAS IN ORDER.
A GENERAL DOCTOR CAN DO A NEUROLOGICAL ASSESMENT.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

if the accident was a year ago and her symptoms just started, there is no correlation. take her to the ER. unless she has a reason for losing her own personal guardianship, you can only suggest she see a doctor. otherwise, quit nagging.