PURPOSE To assess the suitability of spinal ultrasound for the detection of spinal subdural hematoma in infants with sustained non-accidental trauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six infants (mean age ± SD 3.3 ± 1.5 months) admitted to our hospital because of suspected non-accidental trauma were examined radiologically with ultrasound, CT and/or MRI and skeletal radiography. Twelve healthy infants (...

Traumatic spinal subdural hematoma is a rare entity. Hemorrhage of intracranial arachonoid cyst is also uncommon. One 20 year-old man suffered from subacute intraspinal subdural hematoma in the sacral level after minor sports injury. He received spinal surgery for decompression and the symptoms recovered well after operation. Unfortunately, he suffered from sudden onset of aphasia one week late...

Intracranial rhabdomyosarcoma is a very rare disorder. Subdural rhabdomyosarcoma has not been reported yet. It can be misdiagnosed with chronic subdural hematoma in CT images. Herein, we presented a 2.5-year-old boy with intractable chronic subdural hematoma who were treated with burr hole insertion, needle aspiration and shunting for about 2 years with partial resolution of his symptoms after ...

This is a case of progressive lower limb weakness in a 72-year-old man secondary to chronic bilateral subdural hematoma. This patient presented with a 3 week history of progressive difficulty in walking, with upper motor neuron signs but no sensory deficit. He had no significant risk factors for chronic subdural hematoma. Literature search revealed only one similar documented case of painless b...

Arachnoid cysts which develop in relation to the cerebral hemispheres are usually found in the middle cranial fossa. These cysts are usually asymptomatic but can produce symptoms if there is haemorrhage into the cyst or the development of an associated subdural hematoma. Recent publications have emphasised the association of arachnoid cysts of the middle fossa with subdural haematomas. This rep...

Introduction Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy is proven to be beneficial in the treatment of medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. Subdural electrode strips are commonly passed in a blind fashion, allowing additional EEG coverage without requiring larger exposure. However, this increases risk of complication, specifically through vascular injury. Case report We present a case of a 22...

An 8-year-old, spayed female Dalmatian with a history of seizures was evaluated for cervical pain and bilateral scleral hemorrhages. Diagnostic evaluations revealed a mass displacing the ventral brainstem on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The mass was surgically removed and histologically confirmed to be a hematoma. The dog's neurological signs resolved completely after surgery. Although ext...

A 70-year-old male presented with rapid neurological deterioration and fever 3 months after suffering a closed head trauma. He underwent craniotomy for possible subdural empyema based on computed tomography and clinical findings. Dural incision revealed an outer membrane typical of chronic subdural hematoma which covered a clear, yellowish fluid containing Campylobacter fetus. Histological exam...

Thirty-four consecutive adult patients with subdural traumatic hygroma were analysed for clinical evolution, serial computed tomography scan (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over a period of several months. Five of the patients presented CT scan and MRI evolution data showing increasing density over a period of 11 days to 6 months post trauma. In these five patients, final clinical an...

Spectrophotometric examinations were performed on cerebrospinal and subdural fluids in subacute (five patients) and chronic (20 patients) subdural haematomas, with special reference to the diagnostic aid of CSF spectrophotometry. Spectrophotometric xanthochromia of haemorrhagic origin was found in all CSFs examined, while definite visible xanthochromia was observed in only 28% and the CSF was j...