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A 50-year-old woman presented with a rare case of contrecoup epidural hematoma (EDH) associated with coup EDH. She was hit by a car while riding a bicycle, and struck the left parietal region of her head on the ground. She was dazed for a few minutes. On admission, she complained of nausea but
We report a rare case of the acute epidural hematoma caused by contrecoup injury. A 59-year-old woman came to our hospital on foot because of her head injury. She slipped on a stone and hit her occiput against the concrete floor without loss of consciousness. On admission she was alert and
Nausea and vomiting is a common post-operative complication that exacerbates patient discomfort and puts tension on suture lines, which may cause hematomas beneath surgical flaps and place patient at risk of aspiration pneumonia. Nausea and vomiting decreases patient comfort and satisfaction and
Arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa may manifest themselves in several different ways. Most often they remain asymptomatic and are only diagnosed incidentally on computed tomography or at autopsy. When they are symptomatic, headache, nausea, vomiting and seizures are most common in the
BACKGROUND
Anatomic variations of the superior sagittal sinus (SSS) and falx cerebri (FC) are uncommon in that agenesis of these structures is extremely rare. We report an extremely rare anatomic variation, total agenesis of the SSS and FC, and briefly discuss it from the anatomical, embryological,
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the association between 2 unreported episodes of head trauma and an acute subdural hematoma in a high school football player; to address the role of the sport health care team in secondary schools when caring for an athlete with head trauma; and to recognize the importance of
OBJECTIVE
This study was undertaken to assess the clinical and radiological characteristics of children with traumatic extradural hematoma (TEDH), and factors affecting the initial neurological status and outcome.
METHODS
Medical records of 269 consecutive children with TEDH from 2005 to 2012 were
Androgen was reported to cause cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) during replacement therapy for aplastic anemia. Oxymetholone, a synthetic androgen analogue, has been widely used in the treatment of aplastic anemia. A 40-year-old woman with aplastic anemia visited our hospital because of severe
Chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma (CEIH) is a rare cerebrovascular disease that behaves as a slowly expanding lesion with a gradual onset. It is well established that CEIH is associated with arteriovenous malformations; however, CEIH associated with cavernous malformation (CM) is extremely
A case of acute spontaneous subdural hematoma associated with three aneurysms is reported. On March 12, 1984, a 47-year-old woman experienced the sudden onset of severe headache over the bilateral frontal region and vomiting. Three hours later, she was transferred to our hospital by ambulance car
This is a report of a hemifacial spasm associated with a cerebellar hematoma. A 60 year-old female was admitted to our hospital due to severe vertigo and nausea. On admission, the neurological examination showed drowsy conscious level, cerebellar sign dominant on the left side, and left hemifacial
Computed tomography (CT) findings of chronic subdural hematomas are usually diagnostic, unless hematomas are isodense and bilateral. The authors report two cases of bilateral chronic subdural hematomas, in which CT scans on admission were both misdiagnosed as delayed subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
Headache is a major symptom in chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) patients. However, some CSDH patients do not complain headache although the hematoma is thick with definite midline shift. This clinical study was performed to identify the mechanism of headache in CSDH patients. We compiled clinical
A 58-year-old man with a left renal stone and with poor controlled hypertension was attacked by sudden onset of left renal colic pain, gross hematuria and nausea at 3 hours after ESWL. Ultrasonography and enhanced computed tomography revealed severe subcapsular hematoma, which compressed the left
Acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) without subarachnoid or intracerebral hemorrhage following rupture of an intracranial aneurysm is rare. Only 34 cases of pure ASDH resulting from rupture of an intracranial aneurysm, and 5 cases of pure ASDH secondary to rupture of an anterior cerebral artery (ACA)