title: Unusual life saving application of intra-operative ultrasound: case report.
abstract: We report the case of a young woman who developed brain swelling during an ultrasound-guided craniotomy for tumour. A contralateral acute extradural haematoma was identified with the ultrasound and removed. No cause for the extradural was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. georgios.tsermoulas@nuth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsermoulas
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult