A case of loss of consciousness with contralateral acute subdural haematoma during awake craniotomy

Kotoe Kamata; Takashi Maruyama; Masayuki Nitta; Makoto Ozaki; Yoshihiro Muragaki; Yoshikazu Okada

doi:10.1093/jscr/rju098

A case of loss of consciousness with contralateral acute subdural haematoma during awake craniotomy

J Surg Case Rep. 2014 Oct 9;2014(10):rju098. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rju098.

Authors

Kotoe Kamata¹, Takashi Maruyama², Masayuki Nitta³, Makoto Ozaki⁴, Yoshihiro Muragaki², Yoshikazu Okada³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan [email protected].
² Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan Faculty of Advanced Techno-Surgery, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We are reporting the case of a 56-year-old woman who developed loss of consciousness during awake craniotomy. A thin subdural haematoma in the contralateral side of the craniotomy was identified with intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging and subsequently removed. Our case indicates that contralateral acute subdural haematoma could be a cause of deterioration of the conscious level during awake craniotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports