Subdural effusion in the setting of dural metastasis is very rare and may be difficult to be distinguished from chronic subdural hematoma. A 44-year old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma is 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 hematoma, but nonhemorrhagic xanto...

A 62-year-old man was admitted for focal seizure on the right perioral area and hand developed after minimal head trauma. Brain computed tomogram examination on admission showed small amount of chronic subdural hematoma on left frontoparietal area. We planned conservative treatment with anticonvulsant, phenytoin. But, his seizure was sustained despite combination therapy of antiepileptic drugs ...

Although some intracerebral hematomas have been known to increase in size chronically and produce delayed neurological deficits, the mechanism of hematoma expansion is not well understood. The authors present a case of a head injured patient with coexistence of a chronic intracerebral hematoma and an ipsilateral chronic subdural hematoma that expanded chronically showing clinical deterioration,...

Subdural hematoma (SDH) is a rare, but life-threatening complication of spinal anesthesia. Subdural hematoma resulting from this procedure could present with vague symptoms such as chronic headache and could easily be missed. Chronic headache is one of the symptoms of chronic SDH in postpartum women. Diplopia as the presenting complaint in SDH secondary to peripartum spinal anesthesia has not, ...

Background and Importance: Arachnoid cysts are benign nontumoral lesions that are usually found incidentally in brain imaging. Suprasellar Arachnoid Cysts (SSACs) are rare. They can cause hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure, lower cranial nerve impairment and endocrine disorder. Sometimes arachnoid cysts become complicated by subdural hematoma/hygroma.  Case Presentation: We...

There have been a few reports concerning ehiefiy the elderly patients with ¢ hronic subdural hematoma5),ii),i3),is). A total of 106 patients of chronic subdural hematoma, excluding the 'patients under the age of 10, was experienced during 10 years from l963 through 1972. 0ut of 106 patients 24 (22.6 per cent) were older than 6e years old. Here we are presenting the clinical analysis on 24 elder...