title: Ossified chronic subdural hematoma with armored brain.
abstract: Ossified chronic subdural hematoma is a very rarely seen entity. We present here a 22-year-old male who had presented with severe headache consequent to brain compression caused by bifronto-parieto-temporal ossified subdural hematoma. We evaluated our method and surgical intervention in the light of the literature. The question whether the ossified membrane should be excised or not excised in these cases is a matter of controversy. We think that an ossified membrane causing an armored brain appearance should be excised in symptomatic, young patients with prominent cerebral compression. During this dissection, the relatively thickened arachnoid mater provides a safe border.
authors.affiliation: Firat University, Firat Tip Merkezi, Neurosurgery Department, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Bekir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akgün
authors.forename: Halil Ibrahim
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Seçer
mesh_terms: D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult