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Simultaneous Cranial and Spinal Subdural Hematoma-Case Report
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Simultaneous Cranial and Spinal Subdural Hematoma-Case Report

Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Kaoru KURISU, Kazunori ARITA, Masaaki TAKEDA, Itaru TANI and Osamu ARAKI
Neurologia medico-chirurgica, Vol.45(12), pp.645-649
2005
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.645
PMID: 16377954
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Abstract

A 59-year-old male presented with spinal subdural hematoma (SDH) with concomitant cranial chronic SDH manifesting as mild paraparesis and numbness in both lower extremities. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed simultaneous occurrence of cranial and spinal SDHs. The patient was treated conservatively because of poor medical condition and mild neurological symptoms, and recovered well within 1 month. Serial follow-up MR imaging revealed spontaneous resolution of both lesions, with signal intensity changes suggesting the degenerative process of subacute hematoma. The spinal hematoma may have migrated from the cranial lesion. Spinal SDH is a potential sequela of chronic SDH in the cranium.
Migration chronic subdural hematoma lumbar spine spinal subdural hematoma

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