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| Year : 2005 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 124 |
Extracranial redistribution causing rapid spontaneous resolution of acute subdural hematoma
Surinder N Kundra, Raman Kundra
Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Shankar Hospital, B-6, Shankar Garden, New Delhi - 110018, India
| Date of Acceptance | 05-Nov-2004 |
Correspondence Address:
Surinder N Kundra
B-6, Shankar Garden, New Delhi - 110 018
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.15083 PMID: 15805677
How to cite this article:
Kundra SN, Kundra R. Extracranial redistribution causing rapid spontaneous resolution of acute subdural hematoma. Neurol India 2005;53:124 |
A 3-year-old child presented in a drowsy state following a fall from a height of twelve feet. Initial head Computed Tomographic (CT) scan showed left frontotemporal acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) along with left coronal diastatic fracture with associated scalp hematoma. While awaiting surgery, an unexpected improvement in the child's sensorium was noted within six hours of trauma. A repeat head CT scan showed significant resolution in ASDH with simultaneous increase in size of the overlying scalp hematoma.
Rapid spontaneous 'resolution' of ASDH within a few hours is seen on the CT scan of brain in rare cases. This happens due to pressure-induced intracranial redistribution of hematoma due to brain swelling, elegantly demonstrated by Polman et al[1] by doing an MRI on their patient, and which was subsequently reported by other authors.[2],[3] However, extracranial redistribution of ASDH through a skull fracture has not been demonstrated in any case till date. This is the first such case report to the best of the author's knowledge in which the ASDH seen on CT scan done two hours following head injury [Figure - 1] underwent extracranial redistribution through a probable dural tear and coronal diastatic fracture leading to a corresponding increase in size of the overlying scalp hematoma seen clearly on the CT scan done six hours following head trauma [Figure - 2].
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| 1. | Polman CH, Gijsbers CJ, Heimans JJ, Possen H, Valk J. Rapid spontaneous resolution of an acute subdural hematoma. Neurosurgery 1986;19:446-8.  |
| 2. | Matsuyama T, Shimomura T, Okumura Y, Sakaki T. Rapid resolution of symptomatic acute subdural hematoma: Case report. Surg Neurol 1997;48:193-6. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT] |
| 3. | Tsui EY, Fai MK, Cheung YK, Chan JH, Yuen MK. Rapid spontaneous resolution and redistribution of acute subdural hematoma in a patient with chronic alcoholism. A case report. Eur J Radiol 2000;36:53-7. |
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