Chronic subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa associated with cerebellar hemorrhage: report of rare disease with MRI findings.

نویسندگان

  • Leodante B Costa
  • Agustinho de Andrade
  • Gustavo Fonseca Valadão
چکیده

Chronic subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa is an uncommon entity, and spontaneous lesions are very rarely described, occurring mostly during anticoagulation therapy. The association of the posterior fossa chronic subdural hematoma with spontaneous parenchymal hemorrhage without anticoagulation therapy was never related in the literature, to our knowledge. We describe a case of a 64 year-old woman who suffered a spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage, treated conservatively, and presented 1 month later with a chronic subdural posterior fossa hematoma.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

دوره 62 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004