R Al-Mahfoudh, S Clark, J Kandasamy and P May

Department of Neurosurgery, the Walton Centre, Liverpool.

Abstract

Being one of the few activities that people of all ages and skill level can play, golf has increased in popularity. Consequently golf-related injuries have been notably increasing over the past few years. This particularly occurs in the paediatric age group[1]. Head injury in this sport is most likely to be caused by golf clubs, however there have been reported cases in the literature of golf ball head injuries[2].

We present a case of an extradural haematoma secondary to a golf ball injury. To our knowledge there has not been a report of an extradural haematoma secondary to a golf ball injury (pubmed search). A high index of suspicion combined with early investigation and prompt management are essential in managing this type of injury.

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