Delayed Presentation of Subdural Hematoma. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In brief A 72-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman presented with subdural hematomas more than a month after repeated head injuries incurred while skiing. Neither had lost consciousness. The man had remained asymptomatic for 3 weeks, then had developed a bifrontal headache of increasing intensity and frequency. CT scan revealed a large left subdural hematoma. The woman had experienced intermittent symptoms, including headache, light-headedness, paresthesias, and lower-extremity weakness, for 4½ months before MRI revealed bilateral hematomas. Acute hemorrhage into a chronic subdural hematoma may explain the delayed onset of symptoms in these patients.

publication date

  • April 1, 1993

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0027413880

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/00913847.1993.11710363

PubMed ID

  • 27447769

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 21

issue

  • 4