Subdural haematoma associated with dural carcinomatosis in a patient with primary carcinoma of pancreas.
The authors describe a rare case of subdural haematoma in a patient with dural carcinomatosis associated with a primary carcinoma of the pancreas. The diagnosis of the intracranial lesion was established by carotid angiography and the patient was operated on but died 2 weeks after operation because of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. It is thought that the subdural fluid accumulation resulted from the occlusion of the dural capillaries with neoplastic cells with subsequent haemorrhages.
D000328:Adult; D004388:Dura Mater; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*