Ito Sayaka, Maki Yoshinori, Higuchi Kazushi
Neurosurgery, Kohka Public Hospital, Koka, JPN.
Neurosurgery, Hikone Chuo Hospital, Hikone, JPN.
Cureus. 2024 Mar 12;16(3):e56049. doi: 10.7759/cureus.56049. eCollection 2024 Mar.
Scuba diving has become a common and popular activity, and adverse events can occur following this activity. Among those events, intracranial hemorrhage is very rare, and only intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage are reported. However, the occurrence of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH), possibly as an adverse event following scuba diving, has not been described. A 49-year-old man with no significant medical history visited our hospital complaining of memory disturbance and aphasia. He had experienced a minor head trauma five months before and had gone scuba diving six times between the traumatic episode and the visit to our hospital. A brain computed tomography scan revealed a left CSDH. The patient underwent burr-hole surgery to remove the CSDH, and his symptoms resolved. We report the first case of CSDH possibly related to scuba diving. No recurrence of CSDH was observed at 28 months postoperatively.
水肺潜水已成为一项常见且受欢迎的活动，该活动后可能会发生不良事件。在这些事件中，颅内出血非常罕见，仅报告过脑出血和蛛网膜下腔出血。然而，慢性硬膜下血肿（CSDH）作为水肺潜水后的不良事件的发生情况尚未见描述。一名无重大病史的49岁男性因记忆障碍和失语前来我院就诊。他在五个月前经历过一次轻微头部外伤，在那次外伤事件至来我院就诊期间进行了六次水肺潜水。脑部计算机断层扫描显示左侧慢性硬膜下血肿。患者接受了钻孔手术以清除慢性硬膜下血肿，其症状得到缓解。我们报告了首例可能与水肺潜水相关的慢性硬膜下血肿病例。术后28个月未观察到慢性硬膜下血肿复发。
