Fetal subdural hematoma: diagnosis in utero. Case report.
A subdural hematoma was diagnosed antepartum in an infant by means of sonography. An elective caesarean section was performed because cephalopelvic disproportion, and later the hematoma was drained with a poor evolution due to basal ganglia and intraventricular hemorrhage. No etiological factor of bleeding was found. This is the third published case of fetal subdural hematoma diagnosed antepartum.
Mateos
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Department of Neurology, Hospital 1 degree de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Esteban
J
J
Ramos
J T
JT
Martín-Puerto
M J
MJ
Miralles
M
M
Ozaita
G
G
Martínez-Portillo
J
J
D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography