Severe Acute Subdural Hematoma in a Child following a Minor Head Trauma in the Context of a Recent Antecedent Head Injury: A Case Report.

Knowledge of the force required to generate a subdural hematoma is important when considering the veracity of histories given by family members of young children. Traditional wisdom is that a substantial impact is required to cause an acute subdural hematoma. We present a case of acute subdural hematoma following a low-level fall in a 3-year-old patient. An antecedent head injury associated with normal CT scan might have had some bearing on this outcome.