Diseases

Subdural Hematoma

Accumulation of blood in the SUBDURAL SPACE between the DURA MATER and the arachnoidal layer of the MENINGES. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE, but may develop in the spinal canal (HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, SPINAL). Subdural hematoma can be classified as the acute or the chronic form, with immediate or delayed symptom onset, respectively. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness, severe HEADACHE, and deteriorating mental status.

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Accumulation of blood in the SUBDURAL SPACE between the DURA MATER and the arachnoidal layer of the MENINGES. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE, but may develop in the spinal canal (HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, SPINAL). Subdural hematoma can be classified as the acute or the chronic form, with immediate or delayed symptom onset, respectively. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness, severe HEADACHE, and deteriorating mental status.

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  • Hematoma, Subdural
  • Hemorrhage, Subdural
  • Hematomas, Subdural
  • Hemorrhages, Subdural
  • Subdural Hematomas
  • Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Subdural Hemorrhages
  • Subdural Hematoma, Traumatic
  • Hematoma, Traumatic Subdural
  • Hematomas, Traumatic Subdural
  • Subdural Hematomas, Traumatic
  • Traumatic Subdural Hematoma
  • Traumatic Subdural Hematomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Subdural Hematoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006408. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006408
  2. Subdural Hematoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdural_hematoma
  3. Subdural Hematoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144926