title: A pediatric chronic subdural hematoma: More than meets the eye.
abstract: We present an unusual case of a 13-year-old child who following minor head injury presented with what appeared to be a thin chronic subdural hematoma on plain computed tomography imaging. The child was found to have an underlying arachnoid cyst. Intra- and extra-cystic bleeding had occurred simultaneously causing an isodense cyst with an accompanying subdural collection. This radiographically occult pathology should be excluded using magnetic resonance imaging in any child presenting with a subdural collection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, UK.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, UK.
authors.forename: Erlick A C
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, UK.
authors.forename: Shailendra A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Magdum
keywords: Arachnoid cyst; pediatric; subdural hematoma