J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1996 Jul;25(7):1531-1536.
Spontaneous Resolution of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Children: Case Report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Pusan, Korea.
Abstract
- Presented here in are two cases of chronic subdural hematoma in children which were spontaneously resolved. The first case has developed as the complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in bilateral cerebral convexities of a 14-year-old boy while in the other case, the hematoma was developed in the posterior fossa of a 19 days-old neonate are complication of delivery. The etiology, clinical couse, treatment and mechanism of spontaneous resolution of chronic subdural hematomas in children and adult are discussed.