Acute subdural hematoma associated with nontraumatic middle meningeal artery aneurysm: case report.
A rare case of acute subdural hematoma from rupture of a nontraumatic aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery is described. The subdural hematoma was evacuated and the aneurysm was removed. The literature on nontraumatic aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery is reviewed. The importance of cerebral angiography in the patient with an unexplained subdural hematoma is emphasized.
Korosue
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Department of Neurosurgery, Nagao Hospital, Kochi, Japan.
Kondoh
T
T
Ishikawa
Y
Y
Nagao
T
T
Tamaki
N
N
Matsumoto
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S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed