BACKGROUND Subdural effusion in the setting of dural metastasis is very rare and may be difficult to be distinguished from chronic subdural hematoma. CASE PRESENTATION A 44-year old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma was 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 he...

Introduction: Cases of acute subdural hematomas are considered medical emergencies that should be treated with maximum urgency and efficacy. One class this type brain bleeding is spontaneous, classified mainly by the absence trauma history distinct etiologies. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate clinical, epidemiological pathophysiological aspects spontaneous hematoma, basing construction k...

Spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma is reported at a rare level of incidence, and is frequently associated with underlying coagulopathy or those receiving anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents; some cases accompany concomitant intracranial hemorrhage. The spontaneous development of spinal subdural hemorrhage (SDH) is a neurological emergency; therefore, early diagnosis, the discontinuation of a...

The article by Wittschieber et al offers very interesting insights into subdural hygromas (SDHys) in the particular context of abusive head trauma (AHT). We definitely agree that any pericerebral subdural collections—that is, hygromas or chronic subdural hematomas (true evolution within a few weeks of a subdural hematoma)—should prompt pediatricians to strongly consider AHT if all other classic...

Intracranial aneurysm rupture usually manifests with subarachnoid hemorrhage, often combined with intracerebral hemorrhage with intraventricular hemorrhage extension. In rare cases, however, these aneurysms present only as subdural hematomas. Recently, we treated a 48-years-old female patient who presented only with subdural hematoma. Interestingly, she did not have a history of trauma. Compute...

A 17-year-old boy with known moyamoya disease developed an acute subdural hematoma after a mild head trauma. He had been confined to a wheelchair with contracture in the upper and lower extremities due to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since age 1 year. He had undergone encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosis (EDAS) on the right and encephalo-myo-synangiosis (EMS) on the left at 13 years of age. He w...

Inadvertent dural puncture during epidural anesthesia leads to intracranial hypotension, which if left unnoticed can cause life-threatening subdural hematomas or cerebellar tonsillar herniation. The highly variable presentation of intracranial hypotension hinders timely diagnosis and treatment. We present the case of a young laboring adult female, who developed subdural hygromas and a subdural ...

Chronic subdural hematoma may be defined as hematoma within the subdural space, limited by a fibrous envelope and covered on the arachnoidal surface by mesothelium. Clinically, it is characterized by symptoms which appear, after a variable latent period, following cerebral trauma. Marked physical debility aand psychopathic changes may ensue, and it is only the comparatively recent understanding...