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Spontaneous chronic head and spinal subdural haematoma

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Spinal chronic subdural haematomas (SSDH) are extremely rare. We report a case of a SSDH combined with intracranial SDH. After tapping the SSDH in addition to the evacuation of SDH, the clinical symptoms dramatically improved. SSDH are considered to have an uncertain prognosis; however, good results can be obtained with an early diagnosis and prompt treatment.

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Abbreviations

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

FLAIR:

fluid attenuation inversion recovery

MRI:

magnetic resonance imaging

SSDH:

spinal chronic subdural haematomas

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Oita University School of Medicine, Oita, Japan

    M. Morishige, T. Abe, K. Ishii, M. Fujiki & H. Kobayashi

  2. Nakatsu Neurosurgical Hospital, Oita, Japan

    A. Karashima & M. Yamashita

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Morishige, M., Abe, T., Ishii, K. et al. Spontaneous chronic head and spinal subdural haematoma. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 149, 1081–1082 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-007-1256-4

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