title: Chronic subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa associated with cerebellar hemorrhage: report of rare disease with MRI findings.
abstract: Chronic subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa is an uncommon entity, and spontaneous lesions are very rarely described, occurring mostly during anticoagulation therapy. The association of the posterior fossa chronic subdural hematoma with spontaneous parenchymal hemorrhage without anticoagulation therapy was never related in the literature, to our knowledge. We describe a case of a 64 year-old woman who suffered a spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage, treated conservatively, and presented 1 month later with a chronic subdural posterior fossa hematoma.
authors.affiliation: Benjamin Guimarães Foundation and Hospital Evangélico, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. leodante@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Leodante B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Agustinho
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.forename: Gustavo Fonseca
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Valadão
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged