Author:
Mirsadeghi Seyed Mohammad Haji,Habibi Zohreh,Meybodi Keyvan Tayebi,Nejat Farideh,Tabatabai Seyed Ali Fakhr
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Subdural effusion in the setting of dural metastasis is very rare and may be difficult to be distinguished from chronic subdural hematoma.
Case presentation
A 44-year old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma was presented with headache and a hypodense subdural collection in right fronto-parietal in brain CT. Burr-hole irrigation was performed with the impression of chronic subdural hematoma, but nonhemorrhagic xantochromic fluid was evacuated without malignant cell. Brain CT on the 11th day depicted fluid re-accumulation and noticeable midline shift, necessitating craniotomy and removing the affected dura.
Conclusion
Because the affected dura can be supposed as the main source of subdural effusion, resection of the involved dura is obligatory for the appropriate palliative management of such patients.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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