Simultaneous cranial and spinal subdural hematoma.
A 59-year-old male presented with spinal subdural hematoma (SDH) with concomitant cranial chronic SDH manifesting as mild paraparesis and numbness in both lower extremities. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed simultaneous occurrence of cranial and spinal SDHs. The patient was treated conservatively because of poor medical condition and mild neurological symptoms, and recovered well within 1 month. Serial follow-up MR imaging revealed spontaneous resolution of both lesions, with signal intensity changes suggesting the degenerative process of subacute hematoma. The spinal hematoma may have migrated from the cranial lesion. Spinal SDH is a potential sequela of chronic SDH in the cranium.
Yamaguchi
Satoshi
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan. satoya@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kurisu
Kaoru
K
Arita
Kazunori
K
Takeda
Masaaki
M
Tani
Itaru
I
Araki
Osamu
O
D046648:Hematoma, Subdural, Intracranial / Q000150:complications*; D046649:Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged