Complication of silastic dural substitute 20 years after dural plasty.
A 63-year-old woman was admitted because of right hemiparesis. Both computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass lesion in the left parieto-occipital lobe. Twenty years previously, meningioma of the left parieto-occipital region was removed at another hospital, and a dural plasty was performed using a silastic dural substitute. The patient was operated on under the diagnosis of recurrent meningioma. However, most of the mass lesion was composed of an old hematoma, which seemed to be a complication of the silastic dural substitute.
Ohbayashi
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Department of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo, Japan.
Inagawa
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Katoh
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Y
Kumano
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K
Nagasako
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R
Hada
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H
D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012826:Silicone Elastomers