Multiple epidural haematomas after meningioma surgery.
Intracranial meningioma removal carries a higher risk of post-operative haemorrhage compared with other intracranial neoplasm surgeries. We report a patient who developed three intracranial haematomas following a frontal meningioma removal.
Welling
Leonardo C
LC
Division of Neurological Surgery, Hospital Santa Marcelina de Itaquaquecetuba (SP), Universidadede São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. leonardowelling@yahoo.com.br
Guirado
Vinicius
V
Sette dos Santos
Marcelo E
ME
de Aguiar
Guilherme Brasileiro
GB
Figueiredo
Eberval G
EG
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome