Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma

Abstract Calcified chronic subdural hematomas (CCSDHs) are rare entities, whose yearly incidence ranges from 1.72 to 20.6 per every 100 thousand persons. Several different approaches their management reported in the literature, ranging conservative treatment craniotomy with full removal of neomembranes. Currently, there no guidelines or consensus that establish best technique. We herein report a case symptomatic CCSDH initially drained through burr-hole craniotomy, resolution symptoms. Later, our patient underwent and partial membranectomy, which resulted recovery.