Subdural hematoma associated with metastatic neoplasms

Neurosurgery. 1990 Oct;27(4):619-24; discussion 624-5. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199010000-00019.

Abstract

Two cases of subdural hematoma, one acute and the other chronic, associated with cancer metastatic to the dura are reported. Various mechanisms of the association of hematomas with cancer are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Dura Mater*
  • Hematoma, Subdural / etiology*
  • Hematoma, Subdural / pathology
  • Hematoma, Subdural / surgery
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed