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Phys Sportsmed. 1993 Apr;21(4):61-8. doi: 10.1080/00913847.1993.11710363.

Delayed Presentation of Subdural Hematoma.

The Physician and sportsmedicine

J D Root, B D Jordan, R D Zimmerman

PMID: 27447769 DOI: 10.1080/00913847.1993.11710363

Abstract

In brief A 72-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman presented with subdural hematomas more than a month after repeated head injuries incurred while skiing. Neither had lost consciousness. The man had remained asymptomatic for 3 weeks, then had developed a bifrontal headache of increasing intensity and frequency. CT scan revealed a large left subdural hematoma. The woman had experienced intermittent symptoms, including headache, light-headedness, paresthesias, and lower-extremity weakness, for 4½ months before MRI revealed bilateral hematomas. Acute hemorrhage into a chronic subdural hematoma may explain the delayed onset of symptoms in these patients.

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