Chronic subdural haematoma after riding a roller coaster.
We report a 20-year-old man who developed a chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) after riding a "giant" roller coaster. The patient had a past history of a subdural hygroma, diagnosed six weeks after a motorcycle accident. Three months after this accident, he rode on a roller coaster, but suffered no direct head trauma during the ride. Three weeks later, he developed a CSDH requiring surgical evacuation. Roller coaster riding, associated with high velocities and extreme acceleration/deceleration forces is a modern cause of CSDH in the young, which may be increasing due to ever-faster rides.
Yamakami
Iwao
I
Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. funa@isl.titech.ac.jp
Mine
Seiichiro
S
Yamaura
Akira
A
Fukutake
Toshio
T
D000059:Accidents; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000473:pathology