Extracranial surgery--intracerebral tumour.
A case is described in which localising neurological signs developed on the first day following general anaesthesia for insertion of a silastic implant over a frontal fracture. Despite prompt appropriate investigation seven weeks elapsed before the correct diagnosis was made. Aspects of the management of patients who develop a neurological deficit soon after general anaesthesia are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D015050:Zygoma / Q000293:injuries*