title: Cervical ligamentous injury with associated hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa subdural hemorrhage: a case report.
abstract: Traumatic subdural hematomas (SDHs) in the posterior fossa in conjunction with cervical spinal hematomas are rare entities. In this case, we present a 22-year old man who presented to our institution with ligamentous injury at the cervicomedullary junction, associated with posterior fossa SDH not discovered initially, who on serial computed tomography scans was found to have symptomatic obstructive hydrocephalus and was successfully treated with SDH evacuation and stabilization of the cervicomedullary junction with instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma-Health Science Centers, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cheema
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University of Oklahoma-Health Science Centers, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Puckett
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma-Health Science Centers, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Martin
keywords: cervical injury; hydrocephalus; subdural hematoma
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