Because CT of spinal extraarachnoid metrizamide collections may be misleading, we reviewed the postmetrizamide CT scans of 425 patients in order to characterize the appearance of subdural or epidural metrizamide. Eight patients were found to have extraarachnoid metrizamide contrast collections. In all patients, both the subarachnoid space and the extraarachnoid collection were opacified with me...

A 44-year-old female fainted when she went to the bathroom at midnight. There was a bruise over her right cheek when she regained consciousness. The patient had no headache or neurological defects on physical examination. The computed tomographic (CT) scan of the brain showed a chronic subdural hematoma over the right fronto-parietal lobe 12 weeks after the fainting episode. She took a modifica...

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ayşe Karataş Düzce Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroşirürji Anabilim Dalı Phone : (533) 48 044 12 E-mail address : [email protected] Arachnoid cysts are collections of cerebrospinal fl uid within the arachnoid membrane. They are benign, congenital lesions, and are usually asymptomatic. Rarely, they may become acutely symptomatic, due to cyst enlargement, subdural or the presenc...

OBJECTIVES To identify the incidence, clinical outcome, and associated factors of subdural haemorrhage in children under 2 years of age, and to determine how such cases were investigated and how many were due to child abuse. DESIGN Population based case series. SETTING South Wales and south west England. SUBJECTS Children under 2 years of age who had a subdural haemorrhage. We excluded ne...

Combined spinal epidural (CSE) can provide excellent labor analgesia. Subdural block is also a potential but rare complication of attempted epidural placement during a CSE procedure, which may present as a block that is usually patchy in nature, with a component of sensory and/or motor deficit and a variable duration of action. In addition, a conversion disorder or a functional neurological dis...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to better understand postoperative contralateral subdural effusion, an uncommon but serious complication secondary to decompressive craniectomy in patients with head trauma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Data from medical records of 169 patients who underwent decompressive craniectomy after head trauma between 2003 and 2006 were collected. The data included demograph...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to assess the value of electromagnetic programmable shunt valves for the treatment of subdural collections. METHODS Adult patients with hydrocephalus of various causes that were treated with programmable shunt valves during the last ten years were retrospectively studied. In 127 patients, 139 electromagnetic programmable shunt valves were implanted....

OBJECTIVE A subdural drain using urokinase after a burr hole hematoma evacuation was performed for subacute subdural hematoma (SASDH), and its effectiveness and safety in elderly patients were evaluated. METHODS Between January 2013 and May 2015, subdural drains using urokinase after burr hole hematoma evacuation were performed in 19 elderly patients. The inclusion criteria were as follows: 1...

Spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma is reported at a rare level of incidence, and is frequently associated with underlying coagulopathy or those receiving anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents; some cases accompany concomitant intracranial hemorrhage. The spontaneous development of spinal subdural hemorrhage (SDH) is a neurological emergency; therefore, early diagnosis, the discontinuation of a...