title: Huge ossified crust-like subdural hematoma covering the hemisphere and causing acute signs of increased intracranial pressure.
abstract: We report the successful removal of an ossified crust-like chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) covering the hemisphere in a 16-year-old boy. In this article, the importance of the surgical approach is stressed, and the rarity of this condition in the neurosurgical literature is also outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University Hospital, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palaoğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sağlam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010672:Phenytoin