Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma
Calcified chronic subdural hematomas (CCSDHs) are rare entities, whose yearly incidence ranges from 1.72 to 20.6 per every 100 thousand persons. Several different approaches to their management are reported in the literature, ranging from conservative treatment to craniotomy with full removal of the...
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| description | Calcified chronic subdural hematomas (CCSDHs) are rare entities, whose yearly incidence ranges from 1.72 to 20.6 per every 100 thousand persons. Several different approaches to their management are reported in the literature, ranging from conservative treatment to craniotomy with full removal of the neomembranes. Currently, there are no guidelines or consensus that establish the best technique. We herein report a case of symptomatic CCSDH initially drained through a burr-hole craniotomy, with no resolution of the symptoms. Later, our patient underwent a craniotomy and partial membranectomy, which resulted in full symptomatic recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-214c4538f9e741f2bbacbcfae17428a52023-09-29T23:09:50ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Brazilian Neurosurgery0103-53552359-59222023-09-014203e259e26110.1055/s-0042-1758711Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural HematomaAndré Luiz Girotto0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-8177Guilherme Gago1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-4800Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, BrazilDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital São José, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilCalcified chronic subdural hematomas (CCSDHs) are rare entities, whose yearly incidence ranges from 1.72 to 20.6 per every 100 thousand persons. Several different approaches to their management are reported in the literature, ranging from conservative treatment to craniotomy with full removal of the neomembranes. Currently, there are no guidelines or consensus that establish the best technique. We herein report a case of symptomatic CCSDH initially drained through a burr-hole craniotomy, with no resolution of the symptoms. Later, our patient underwent a craniotomy and partial membranectomy, which resulted in full symptomatic recovery.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1758711neurosurgerychronic subdural hematomapathologic calcificationneurocirurgiahematoma subdural crônicocalcificação patológica |
| spellingShingle | André Luiz Girotto Guilherme Gago Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma Brazilian Neurosurgery neurosurgery chronic subdural hematoma pathologic calcification neurocirurgia hematoma subdural crônico calcificação patológica |
| title | Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma |
| title_full | Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma |
| title_fullStr | Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma |
| title_short | Surgical Management of the Armored Brain: Case Report of the Treatment of a Chronic Calcified Subdural Hematoma |
| title_sort | surgical management of the armored brain case report of the treatment of a chronic calcified subdural hematoma |
| topic | neurosurgery chronic subdural hematoma pathologic calcification neurocirurgia hematoma subdural crônico calcificação patológica |
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