title: Bilateral organized chronic subdural haematomas: high field magnetic resonance images and histological considerations.
abstract: The authors describe a 66-year-old man with progressive gait disturbance caused by bilateral organized chronic subdural haematomas. The characteristics of these lesions on magnetic resonance (MR) images have not yet been clarified. The organized haematoma in our patient exhibited slight hypo-intensity on T 1-weighted MR images and marked hypo-intensity on T 2-weighted MR images obtained at 1.5T. Preoperative MR imaging may give us useful information about surgical strategy in the case of chronic subdural haematoma with an unusual appearance on computed tomographic (CT) scans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003094:Collagen / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003399:Craniotomy; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen