Spontaneous Acute Subdural Hemorrhage with Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysm: A Series of Two Cases and Review of Literature

Abstract

We present a rare series of two cases of spontaneous intracranial aneurysmal hemorrhage associated with acute subdural hematoma. One patient was having ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm and acute subdural hematoma with no evidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage and the other patient presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage with bleeding in subdural, intraparenchymal, and intraventricular location with rupture of posterior communicating artery aneurysm. In this report, we are describing the pathophysiology and radiological features of subdural hematoma with aneurysm bleed.

Keywords

intracranial aneurysm - subarachnoid hemorrhage - subdural hematoma - intraventricular bleed - intraparenchymal hematoma

Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 10. April 2015

Angenommen: 18. November 2015

Publikationsdatum:
22. Februar 2016 (online)

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