Intracerebral haemorrhages occurring after removal of chronic subdural haematoma have been reported as a rare but nearly uniformly devastating postoperative occurrence with incidence ranges between 0,7 and 5%. The absence of a particular attention paid to such complication in literature prompted us to present this report adding our personal experience to the cases already described in the liter...

Abstract Objectives To assess cases with rib fractures in infants under observation for or an abuse diagnosis, and to compare risk factors that but no diagnosis. Methods Design was case-series register case-control of (aged <1 year) fractures. Data clinical records the (n = 26) from national health registers case-controls 28 n 31). Outcome measures were maternal perinatal characteristics, re...

OBJECT This study was conducted to determine the best position for the subdural drainage catheter to achieve a low recurrence rate after burr-hole irrigation and closed-system drainage of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH). METHODS The authors studied 63 patients with CSDH in whom the drainage catheter tip was randomly placed and precisely determined on postoperative computerized tomography (CT...

To cite: Biswas A, Furruqh F, Thirunavukarasu S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2016-215753 DESCRIPTION A 7-month-old male child (patient 1) was referred for a CT of the brain for evaluation of macrocephaly. His head circumference was 48 cm (>95th centile). He was otherwise normal and his developmental milestones were normal for age. The C...

Burr-hole craniostomy with closed-system drainage is a safe and effective method for the management of chronic subdural hematoma. However, contralateral acute subdural hematoma has been reported to be a rare and devastating complication. Only 3 cases have been described in the literature. Herein, we reported an 80-year-old male with chronic subdural hematoma and contralateral subdural hygroma. ...

Are subdural hygromas the result of abusive head trauma? CT and MR imaging represent important tools for the diagnosis of abusive head trauma in living infants. In addition, in-depth understanding of the pathogenesis of subdural hygromas is increasingly required by neuroradiologists, pediatricians, and forensic physicians. Therefore, the current knowledge on subdural hygromas is summarized and ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to identify the characteristic neuroimaging (namely brain CT) as well as physical findings found in young children with nonaccidental traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to compare them with accident cases of the similar age group, in order to study the specific features of the former group more precisely. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional study was...

A 63-year-old male with a preexisting chronic subdural hematoma presented with progressive confusion and left hemiparesis as well as high fever. Subdural empyema was strongly suspected. At surgery, the empyema was encapsulated by definite inner and outer membranes. Cultures isolated from the subdural fluid and from an abscess of his left thigh yielded methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...

PURPOSE To determine the value of scalp epileptiform EEG data and subdural interictal spikes in localizing temporal epileptogenesis among patients requiring invasive recordings. For this delineation, we related such factors to site of subdural seizure origin in 27 consecutive patients. METHODS Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy whose non-invasive lateralizing data were inconclusive and ther...