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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1996;25(7): 1531-1536. |
| Spontaneous Resolution of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Children: Case Report. |
| Jeong Taeg Lim, Yong Soon Hwang, Jae Gon Moon, Han Kyu Kim, Hwa Dong Lee |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Pusan, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Chronic subdural hematoma; Spontaneous resolution; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt |
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