Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient
The chronic subdural hematoma is a common pathology in elderly patients. There is usually a history of head trauma. The diagnosis of chronic subdural hematomas in young patients is very rare and few cases have been reported in the literature. The authors present a case of a patient of 16 years old w...
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| author | Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda Willen Calderón-Miranda Gabriel Alcala-Cerra Andres M. Rubiano |
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| description | The chronic subdural hematoma is a common pathology in elderly patients. There is usually a history of head trauma. The diagnosis of chronic subdural hematomas in young patients is very rare and few cases have been reported in the literature. The authors present a case of a patient of 16 years old who presented headache of two months of evolution, which was conducted by tomography diagnosis of chronic subdural hematoma. The patient had no history of mild trauma. Surgical management was performed, showing a satisfactory evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6c26b55bd6c468fa77b9b647397979e2022-12-21T23:13:02ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592014-06-01212Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patientLuis Rafael Moscote-SalazarHernando Raphael Alvis-MirandaWillen Calderón-MirandaGabriel Alcala-CerraAndres M. RubianoThe chronic subdural hematoma is a common pathology in elderly patients. There is usually a history of head trauma. The diagnosis of chronic subdural hematomas in young patients is very rare and few cases have been reported in the literature. The authors present a case of a patient of 16 years old who presented headache of two months of evolution, which was conducted by tomography diagnosis of chronic subdural hematoma. The patient had no history of mild trauma. Surgical management was performed, showing a satisfactory evolution.https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/753Chronic subdural hematomaspontaneousHeadacheyoung |
| spellingShingle | Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda Willen Calderón-Miranda Gabriel Alcala-Cerra Andres M. Rubiano Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient Romanian Neurosurgery Chronic subdural hematoma spontaneous Headache young |
| title | Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient |
| title_full | Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient |
| title_short | Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient |
| title_sort | spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma in a young male patient |
| topic | Chronic subdural hematoma spontaneous Headache young |
| url | https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/753 |
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