Fatal deterioration of delayed acute subdural hematoma after mild traumatic brain injury: two cases with brief review.
Both delayed posttraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage and epidural hematoma have been well described in the neurosurgical literatures. However, delayed posttraumatic acute subdural hematoma which happens more than a week with a rapid progress after mild traumatic brain injury and causes death of patient is rarely reported. We show two such cases and briefly review the literature and discuss the probable pathogenesis of their rapid progress.
Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China.
Shiwen
S
Chen
Chen
C
Xu
Lutao
L
Yuan
Hengli
H
Tian
Heli
H
Cao
Yan
Y
Guo
D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D020199:Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged