Yoon Ki Sung, Yee Gi Taek, Han Seong Rok, Lee Chae Hyuk
Department of Neurosurgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Goyang, Korea.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2010 Jun;47(6):470-2. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2010.47.6.470. Epub 2010 Jun 30.
Subdural empyema of the brain is an uncommon disorder that occurs more frequently in children than in adult. Authors report a very rare of subdural empyema following the subdural hygroma after mild head injury. The exact mechanism of infection is not known. However, we have to consider subdural infection as one of differential diagnosis in elderly patient with subdural hygroma when new abnormal density lesion is developed in the subdural space.