Contralateral Extra-axial Hematoma following Surgery for Head Injury —Report of Two Cases—

Michio YABUMOTO; Kazuyoshi FUNAHASHI; Ichiro KAMEI; Seiji HAYASHI; Norihiko KOMAI; Terunojo INOUE

doi:10.2176/nmc.27.647

Contralateral Extra-axial Hematoma following Surgery for Head Injury

—Report of Two Cases—

Michio YABUMOTO, Kazuyoshi FUNAHASHI, Ichiro KAMEI, Seiji HAYASHI, Norihiko KOMAI, Terunojo INOUE

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Keywords: contralateral hematoma, extra-axial hematoma, head injury

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1987 Volume 27 Issue 7 Pages 647-650

DOI https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.27.647

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Abstract

Two patients developed acute, contralateral extra-axial (epidural and subdural) hematomas immediately after surgery for head trauma. One patient deteriorated rapidly following surgery. In the other case, brain swelling was noted intraoperatively following decompression. The specific pre-, intra-, and postoperative features that may indicate the formation of a contralateral hematoma are discussed.

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