title: Acute spontaneous subdural hematoma: an unusual form of cerebrovacular accident.
abstract: An acute subdural hematoma is commonly regarded as a complication of a head injury, and bleeding is associated with contusion or laceration of the bridging vein in the subdural space. Occasionally, reports describe non traumatic acute subdural bleeding from the rupture of cerebral aneurysm or vascular malformation. However, acute spontaneous subdural hematomas (ASDH) of arterial origin, without any traumatic history or vascular anomaly, are rarely reported in literature. Here we describe two cases who presented with acute signs of intracranial hypertension secondary to a spontaneous acute subdural hematoma in which spontaneous bleeding from a small cortical artery was seen during operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. okacha_naama@hotmail.com
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Naama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belhachmi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziadi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boulahroud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abad Elasri
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elmostarchid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boucetta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D020199:Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020299:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed