KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE We present a case in which to of fetal subdural hematoma developing despite that the maternal the prothrombin time by international normalized ratio (PT/INR) during pregnancy was within the normal range.

BACKGROUND The high recurrent rate of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) has consistently confused the neurosurgeons, and the role of atorvastatin in the management of CSDH has remained unclear over past decade, and atorvastatin seems to be a safe and cost-effective treatment to CSDH. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a systematic review to discuss the effect of atorvastatin in CSDH. METHOD...

There have been a few reports concerning ehiefiy the elderly patients with ¢ hronic subdural hematoma5),ii),i3),is). A total of 106 patients of chronic subdural hematoma, excluding the 'patients under the age of 10, was experienced during 10 years from l963 through 1972. 0ut of 106 patients 24 (22.6 per cent) were older than 6e years old. Here we are presenting the clinical analysis on 24 elder...

A 65 year old man, anticoagulated for cardiac problems, developed hemiparesis while training for race walking. A computed tomography scan showed a chronic subdural haematoma. This is the first report of a chronic subdural haematoma possibly caused by the jarring action of race walking.

Seventy-one patients with acute subdural hematomas were examined by CT within 72 hr of a documented head injury. Lesions often did not have the classical appearance of a homogeneous, high-density extracerebral collection of blood in a crescentic configuration. Specifically, 28 patients (39%) had mixed-density subdural hematomas (MDSDH) with various degrees of low-density blood within the subdur...