Subdural effusion and brain tumor: case report and survey of the literature.
Optic glioma associated with bilateral subdural effusion in a four-month-old male infant is reported. Review of the cases with subdural effusion or hematoma and brain tumor in the world literature was made. When subdural effusion is found in a newborn or an older infant, the possibility of an associated brain tumor must be considered. Care also should be taken to search for an underlying brain tumor and to exclude dural metastasis when we deal with chronic subdural hematoma in an adult.
D000792:Angiography; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology