SUBDURAL FLUID COLLECTION

Since the advent of CT scan, the investigation of intracranial lesions has been easy and accurate. With the improvement of diagnostic ability, subdural fluid collection (SFC) has also been detected frequently after head injuries and neurosurgical operations. The clinical symptoms caused by SFC are m...

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Published inKita Kantō igaku (The Kitakanto Medical Journal) Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 123 - 141
Main Author KOIZUMI, HIDEHITO
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Kitakanto Medical Society 1988
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Subdural effusion
Subdural fluid collection
Subdural hygroma
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Summary:Since the advent of CT scan, the investigation of intracranial lesions has been easy and accurate. With the improvement of diagnostic ability, subdural fluid collection (SFC) has also been detected frequently after head injuries and neurosurgical operations. The clinical symptoms caused by SFC are mild in most patients and most cases of SFC disappear spontaneously as shown by repeated CT scan. Therefore the indications for surgical treatment of SFC should be limited. CT scan has newly revealed that some cases of SFC develop to chronic subdural hematoma (CSH). The clinical significance of SFC is that it can be a precursor of CSH. The factors related to development of CSH from SFC are not sufficiently known. Further studies are thus needed to clarify these factors and moreover to prevent progression to CSH from SFC.
ISSN:0023-1908
1883-6135
DOI:10.2974/kmj1951.38.123