Traumatic subdural hydroma developing into chronic subdural hematoma.
OBJECTIVE
To probe the incidence, pathogenesis and clinical characteristics of traumatic subdural hydroma (TSH) developing into chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH).


METHODS
We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 32 patients with TSH developing into CSDH and reviewed related literature.


RESULTS
16.7% of TSH developed into CSDH in this study. The time of evolution was from 22 to 100 days after head injury. All the patients were cured with hematoma drainage.


CONCLUSIONS
TSH is one of the origins of CSDH. The clinical characteristics of TSH developing into CSDH follow that the ages of the patients are polarized, that the evolution often happens in the patients with small chronic hydromas and being treated conservatively, that the patients are usually injured deceleratedly and that the accompanying cerebral damage is often very mild.
Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. liuyuguang3000@hotmail.com
Yu-guang
YG
Liu
Chang-jun
CJ
Xu
Shu-gan
SG
Zhu
Yu-quan
YQ
Jiang
Gang
G
Li
Xin-gang
XG
Li
Wan-dong
WD
Su
Cheng-yuan
CY
Wu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology