Bilateral extradural hematoma formation following excision of a thoracic intradural lesion.
The authors report an unusual case of a 15-year-old girl who previously underwent resection of a posterior fossa medulloblastoma, and later underwent resection of a thoracic extramedullary metastatic lesion. Her consciousness deteriorated hours after removal of her spinal metastasis. A CT head scan identified bilateral extradural cranial hematomas, which were evacuated. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a patient developing bilateral acute cranial extradural hematomas following excision of a thoracic intradural lesion.
Surash
Surash
S
Department of Neurosurgery, The General Infirmary at Leeds, United Kingdom. ssurash@mac.com
Bhargava
Deepti
D
Tyagi
Atul
A
D000293:Adolescent; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000556:secondary; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae