title: Chronic subdural hematoma in a 50-year-old man with polycystic kidney disease.
abstract: The following case describes two spontaneous chronic subdural hematomas in one patient. The hematomas occurred on opposite sides. The patient had good blood pressure control and a normal creatinine. He was not receiving any anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs. An angiogram was done after the second subdural collection was drained. There was no evidence of a vascular lesion. The possibility remains that patients with adult polycystic disease may be predisposed to develop spontaneous subdural hematomas in light of another report of five other cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia. bassman1@iinet.com.au
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holthouse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed