Kunii Naoto, Morita Akio, Yoshikawa Gakushi, Kirino Takaaki
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2005 Oct;45(10):519-22. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.519.
A 56-year-old female presented with acute subdural hematoma associated with dural metastasis. The patient had been treated for breast cancer with disseminated bone and lung metastases. Evacuation of the hematoma with local management of the tumor and bleeding successfully improved her neurological condition and she underwent postoperative radiotherapy. This condition is especially associated with dural metastasis from adenocarcinoma (most frequently stomach cancer) and the clinical outcome depends on the general condition of the patient and the status of the coagulation disorders. If the tumors are multiple, as in this case, extreme caution should be paid to recurrent bleeding in the ipsilateral or contralateral side.
