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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Tıp Dergisi
2004, Cilt 18, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 239-241
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THE ROLE OF EMERGENT SURGICAL DRAINAGE IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBACUTE SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS PRESENTING WITH TRANSIENT NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS: CASE REPORT
Fatih S. EROL, Metin KAPLAN, Cahide TOPSAKAL, M. Faik ÖZVEREN, Ebru GERCEK
Firat University School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery, Elazig – TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Subdural hematoma, surgical treatment, transient ischemic

Presentation with transient ischemic attacks in subacute subdural hematomas is quite rare. It is a clinical phenomeon in which hematoma mass effect with its own capability of producing local edema formation and the variations in cerebral vascular structures take place in the pathophysiology. Diseases such as atrial fibrillation or tromboembolic disorders of carotid artery, which may lead to transient ischemic attacks should be considered in the differential diagnosis. For treatment, emergent surgical drainage in order to eliminate the mass effect should be performed. In this study, a case of subdural hematoma presenting with motor aphasia and hemiparesis is reported of which neurological symptoms became permanent due to delay in the hematoma evacuation.


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