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Huge ossified crust-like subdural hematoma covering the hemisphere and causing acute signs of increased intracranial pressure

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We report the successful removal of an ossified crust-like chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) covering the hemisphere in a 16-year-old boy. In this article, the importance of the surgical approach is stressed, and the rarity of this condition in the neurosurgical literature is also outlined.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University Hospital, Aydιn, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    M. Turgut

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    Selçuk Palaoğlu

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    Süleyman Sağlam

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Received: 18 November 1996

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Turgut, M., Palaoğlu, S. & Sağlam, S. Huge ossified crust-like subdural hematoma covering the hemisphere and causing acute signs of increased intracranial pressure. Child's Nerv Syst 13, 415–417 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050111

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