Journal article
Simultaneous Cranial and Spinal Subdural Hematoma-Case Report
Neurologia medico-chirurgica, Vol.45(12), pp.645-649
2005
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.645
PMID: 16377954
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Simultaneous Cranial and Spinal Subdural Hematoma-Case Report
- Creators
- Satoshi YAMAGUCHI - Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesKaoru KURISU - Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesKazunori ARITA - Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesMasaaki TAKEDA - Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesItaru TANI - Department of Neurosurgery, Araki Neurosurgical HospitalOsamu ARAKI - Department of Neurosurgery, Araki Neurosurgical Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neurologia medico-chirurgica, Vol.45(12), pp.645-649
- DOI
- 10.2176/nmc.45.645
- PMID
- 16377954
- NLM abbreviation
- Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo)
- ISSN
- 0470-8105
- eISSN
- 1349-8029
- Publisher
- 一般社団法人 日本脳神経外科学会
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984040249602771
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