Fatal Brain Herniation in Bilateral Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Despite its benign nature, chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) can be fatal if surgical intervention is delayed. Here, we report on bilateral chronic SDH in an 84-year-old man who died of duret hemorrhage in the brain stem and ischemia in the occipital and temporal lobes. We discuss the necessity for ur...

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Autores principales: Ahn, Yo Han, Kim, JongKyu, Kim, Seok Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurotraumatology Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9634292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36381446
http://dx.doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2022.18.e31
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description Despite its benign nature, chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) can be fatal if surgical intervention is delayed. Here, we report on bilateral chronic SDH in an 84-year-old man who died of duret hemorrhage in the brain stem and ischemia in the occipital and temporal lobes. We discuss the necessity for urgent surgical intervention to treat bilateral chronic SDH, and provide a review of the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-96342922022-11-14 Fatal Brain Herniation in Bilateral Chronic Subdural Hematoma Ahn, Yo Han Kim, JongKyu Kim, Seok Won Korean J Neurotrauma Current Issue Despite its benign nature, chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) can be fatal if surgical intervention is delayed. Here, we report on bilateral chronic SDH in an 84-year-old man who died of duret hemorrhage in the brain stem and ischemia in the occipital and temporal lobes. We discuss the necessity for urgent surgical intervention to treat bilateral chronic SDH, and provide a review of the relevant literature. Korean Neurotraumatology Society 2022-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9634292/ /pubmed/36381446 http://dx.doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2022.18.e31 Text en Copyright © 2022 Korean Neurotraumatology Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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