Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3062980 | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report a 79-year-old man whose third burr hole craniotomy evacuation for recurrent chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) was complicated by cerebellar haemorrhage. The patient died 9 days later. Two previously documented cases in which this complication arose after evacuation of extra-axial collections also resulted in death. Remote cerebellar haemorrhage is a rare complication of neurosurgery but is associated with high mortality. This complication should be considered among the differential diagnoses after neurological deterioration following CSDH evacuation.
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Authors
Jonathan A. Hyam, Jonathan Turner, David Peterson,