BACKGROUND Chronic subdural hematoma generally occurs in the elderly. After chronic subdural hematoma evacuation surgery, the development of epidural hematoma is a very rare entity. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 41-year-old man with an epidural hematoma complication after chronic subdural hematoma evacuation. Under general anesthesia, the patient underwent a large craniotomy with closed...

Only few cases of spinal subdural empyema has been reported in the literature and the preoperative diagnosis is much less. Due to the advance of magnetic resonance imaging techniques, we reported a 75 years old female with spinal subdural empyema. She was a diabetic patient and received laminectomy, complicated with vertebral body osteomyelitis about 15 years ago at the 4th and 5th vertebral bo...

series, 23 of their 108 (21.3%) patients developed subdural effusion after decompressive craniectomy for head trauma. Their data also showed that there was no preference regarding the location of the subdural effusion: it was ipsilateral to craniectomy in 11 cases, contralateral to craniectomy in 9 cases, and bilateral in 3 cases. Yang et al. discuss the possible mechanisms responsible for the ...

A 51-year-old woman presented with a rare case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) complicated by a delayed subdural hematoma (SDH) that required surgical evacuation 2 months after epidural blood patching (EBP). Subdural fluid collections are common among patients with SIH. These fluid collections vary in appearance from thin subdural hygromas to rare large SDHs associated with signif...

series, 23 of their 108 (21.3%) patients developed subdural effusion after decompressive craniectomy for head trauma. Their data also showed that there was no preference regarding the location of the subdural effusion: it was ipsilateral to craniectomy in 11 cases, contralateral to craniectomy in 9 cases, and bilateral in 3 cases. Yang et al. discuss the possible mechanisms responsible for the ...

BACKGROUND Contralateral subdural hygroma caused by decompressive craniectomy tends to combine with external cerebral herniation, causing neurological deficits. MATERIAL AND METHODS Nine patients who underwent one-stage, simultaneous cranioplasty and contralateral subdural-peritoneal shunting were included in this study. Clinical outcome was assessed by Glasgow Outcome Scale as well as Glasgo...

Subdural effusion in the setting of dural metastasis is very rare and may be difficult to be distinguished from chronic subdural hematoma. A 44-year old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma is presented with headache and a hypodense subdural collection in right fronto-parietal in brain CT. Burr-hole irrigation was performed with the impression of chronic subdural hematoma, but nonhemorrhagic xanto...

BACKGROUND "Headbanging" is the slang term used to denote violent shaking of one's head in time with the music. This abrupt flexion-extension movement of the head to rock music extremely rarely causes a subdural hematoma. CASE DESCRIPTION A 24-year-old female was admitted to our department because of right sided partial seizure and acute or subacute subdural hematoma over the left cerebral co...

Subdural hematomas are a frequent and highly heterogeneous traumatic disorder, with significant clinical and socioeconomic consequences. In clinical and medicolegal practice, subdural hematomas are classified according to its apparent age, which significantly influences its intrinsic pathogenic behavior, forensic implications, clinical management, and outcome. Although practical, this empirical...

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 neonates...