Interhemispheric chronic subdural haematoma: case report and brief review of the literature.
BACKGROUND
Chronic subdural haematoma usually arises from a traumatic acute haemorrhage in the subdural space, frequently causing mass effect and consequent neurological decline. This lesion is mainly found over the cortical convexity and its evolution and surgical approach has been extensively studied. Nevertheless, inter-hemispheric chronic subdural haematoma is considered a rare lesion.
This study reported a case of traumatic acute interhemispheric subdural haematoma, initially asymptomatic, and its evolution to a chronic symptomatic lesion, as well as the surgical approach employed. A brief review of the literature is presented with a discussion of the therapeutic options.
Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar, Praça da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Paulo Roberto
PR
Requejo
Rafael Pereira
RP
Vaitsman
Mauro Sérgio
MS
Paiva
Alexandre Légora
AL
Machado
Marcelo Viana
MV
Barroso
José Massoud
JM
Salame
Paulo Roberto
PR
Louzada
D000058:Accidental Falls; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed