Spontaneous resolution of a large chronic subdural hematoma: A case report and review of the literature

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Göksu, Ethem ^a,b   Akyüz, Mahmut ^a,b   Uçar, Tanju ^a,b   Kazan, Saim ^a,b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Spontaneous resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 61449259909     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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