AIMS To review the neuroimaging of a series of infants and young children admitted to hospital with subdural haemorrhage (SDH). METHODS Neuroradiological investigations of 74 children under 2 years of age, from South Wales and southwest England, in whom an SDH or subdural effusion had been diagnosed between 1992 and 2001, were reviewed. Two paediatric neuroradiologists blinded to the original...

A 58 year old man was brought to hospital in state of deep coma following severe headache for one day. His GCS 3/15 and had flaccid all 4 limbs with equivocal planter response on both sides arrival. NECT head showed acute subdural haemorrhage surrounding cerebral oedema, mid-line shift corning brain stem. After giving mannitol dexamethasone, four hours later, he became fully conscious orientate...

Severe head injury or traumatic brain is currently one of the most common causes disability and death globally since crucial part humans. There are several factors that can affect severe patients with acute subdural haemorrhage, i.e. time between trauma evaluation bleeding. Based on observations made at Mardi Rahayu Kudus Hospital test.This growth depended triggering in realm health services. T...

To cite: de Gusmäo CM, Berkowitz AL, Hung AY, et al. Pract Neurol 2015;15:42–44. INTRODUCTION Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion by shunting provides effective management of hydrocephalus. However, complication rates of CSF shunts range from 5% to 50%. Most common are shunt infections and mechanical failures; these may lead either to underdrainage (with re-emergence of hydrocephalus) or overdr...

The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of craniotomy and membranectomy as initial treatment of organized chronic subdural hematoma (OCSH). We retrospectively reviewed a series of 34 consecutive patients suffering from OCSH, diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or contrast computer tomography (CCT) in order to establish the degree of organization and determine the intrahematom...