Revista de Farmacologia Clínica e Experimental

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Subdural Haemorrhage: A Case Report

Amartya De, Dipan Biswas, Shraddha Basu

A subdural hemorrhage (hematoma) is a type of bleeding that occurs outside the brain as a result of a severe head injury occurs when a blood vessel ruptures between the brain and the leathery membrane that surrounds it. A 78 year-old male presented with drowsiness and altered sensorium. He had accidental domestic fall at his residence twice in an interval of one hour. Subdural Haemorrhage was revealed in the CT scan. For Burr hole decompression a high index suspicion and investigation with a computed tomography of the brain to reach the diagnosis of subdural haemorrhage is important.