Subdural hematoma in a teenager related to roller-coaster ride.
Reports about neurological injury related to roller-coaster rides mostly involve adults; we present a case of subdural hematoma in a pediatric patient presented 14 days after a roller-coaster ride. These rides show extreme up-and-down, to-and-fro, and rotatory acceleration/deceleration forces that could produce tensile and shearing stresses with tearing of bridging cerebral veins resulting in subdural hemorrhage. Pediatricians should consider roller-coaster riding a modern cause of subdural hematoma, as well as a possible cause of unexplained neurologic events in otherwise healthy adolescents.
Roldan-Valadez
Ernesto
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Department of Radiology. Medica Sur Hospital and Clinical Foundation, Puente de Piedra #150. Col. Toriello Guerra, Deleg, Tlalpan, CP 14050, Mexico City, Mexico. ernest.roldan@usa.net
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Martinez-Lopez
Manuel
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Herrera-Mora
Patricia
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D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed