A Case of Recurrent Hemorrhages due to a Chronic Expanding Encapsulated Intracranial Hematoma
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A Case of Recurrent Hemorrhages due to a Chronic Expanding Encapsulated Intracranial Hematoma
Few case reports of encapsulated intracranial hematoma (EIH) exist, and the mechanisms underlying the onset and enlargement of EIH remain unclear. Here, we report on a 39-year-old woman with an EIH that repeatedly hemorrhaged and swelled and was ultimately surgically removed. In June 2012, the patient visited her local doctor, complaining of headaches. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan id...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1662-680X
DOI: 10.1159/000440610