Rapid spontaneous resolution of acute extradural and subdural hematomas. Case report

T Kuroiwa; H Tanabe; H Takatsuka; M Arai; N Sakai; S Nagasawa; T Ohta

doi:10.3171/jns.1993.78.1.0126

Rapid spontaneous resolution of acute extradural and subdural hematomas. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1993 Jan;78(1):126-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1993.78.1.0126.

Authors

T Kuroiwa¹, H Tanabe, H Takatsuka, M Arai, N Sakai, S Nagasawa, T Ohta

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Mishima Critical Care Medical Center, Japan.

PMID: 8416229
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1993.78.1.0126

Abstract

The rapid spontaneous resolution of two traumatic acute hematomas, one extradural and one subdural, is reported in a 17-year-old young man. The authors believe that this is the first report of simultaneous resolution of both types of hematoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
Cerebral Hemorrhage / physiopathology*
Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / physiopathology
Hematoma, Subdural / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Remission, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed