Severe subdural hemorrhage due to minimal prenatal trauma

Marco Piastra, Domenico Pietrini, Luca Massimi, Massimo Caldarelli, Daniele De Luca, Laura Minguell Del Lungo, Maria Pia De Carolis, Concezio Di Rocco, Giorgio Conti, Enrico Zecca

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Abstract

The authors report a case of minimal prenatal trauma producing a large subdural hematoma in the fetus, which was diagnosed in utero by MR imaging. The occurrence of such a complication is extremely rare in the absence of significant maternal trauma. Prenatally diagnosed intracranial hemorrhages, particularly those that are subdural in origin, have a poor prognosis in most cases. After birth, brain compression required a complex neurosurgical intervention because simple hematoma evacuation was not possible. The clinical and neurological outcome at 6 months was excellent, as confirmed by the neuroimaging findings.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)543-546
Numero di pagine4
RivistaJOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. PEDIATRICS
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2009

Keywords

  • cerebral hemorrhage
  • prenatal

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