Armoured brain: case report of a symptomatic calcified chronic subdural haematoma
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We present the case of a patient with a symptomatic calcified chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH), or a so-called “armoured-brain”, who was admitted to our hospital with clinical signs of tentorial herniation.
Figure 1 shows the computed tomography image of this 67-year-old male patient who presented with a Glasgow Coma Score of E1M5V1 and a bilateral oculomotor paresis. Uncal herniation due to a bilateral calcified CSDH can be clearly appreciated. The patient’s medical history showed meningitis at the age of 3 months, resulting in hydrocephalus and mental retardation. His family had noticed numerous falls and frequent headaches over the past 3 months. Furthermore, 6 months previously, he was diagnosed with focal epilepsy due to a left hemisphere infarction.
Figure 1
Computed tomography scan of a patient with armoured brain at admission. Note the uncal …
Authors: R. Dammers, M. P ter Laak-Poort, A. I R Maas
Institution: Erasmus MC
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2061869659