Isolated Intraventricular Hemorrhage Following Evacuation of Chronic-Subacute Subdural Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) is an abnormal collection of liquid blood between the dura mater and the arachonoid mater which is frequently encountered in neurosurgical conditions, especially in the elderly (1,2). Various ethological factors have been identified but head trauma is the most common (3). Surgeons may encounter unwanted postoperative complications such as cerebral edema, tension pneumocephalus, recurrent hematoma, seizure, failure of the brain to re-expand (3-5). But intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) after evacuation of CSH is a rarely encountered complication. We report a patient who had an isolated IVH which was identified following evacuation of left frontotemporaparietal CSH. Ad­dress­for­Cor­ res­pon­den­ce/Ya­zış­ma­Ad­re­si: Zahir Kızılay MD, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Aydın, Turkey Phone: +90 546 738 58 40 E-mail: zahir.kizilay@adu.edu.tr Received/Geliş­Ta­rihi : 07.11.2016 Accepted/Ka­bul­Ta­ri­ hi : 28.11.2017 Anah­tar­Ke­li­me­ler Kronik subdural kanama, komplikasyon, intraventriküler kanama

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