Subdural haematoma in a patient with meningioma.
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Dr. Paulo Valdeci Worm – Rua Carlos Trein Filho 550 / 403 90450-120 Porto Alegre RS Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Non-traumatic subdural haematomas are very rare especially those associated with intracranial meningiomas. Intracranial tumors hemorrhage occurs in 39% of all cases. They are a malignant pathology such as metastatic tumors or gliomas. They usually present with seizures hemiparesis visual field loss aphasia or other focal sumptoms. We report a case of meningioma of the skull base associated with subdural haematoma after a Valsava maneuver.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 67 2A شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009