Abstract
A case of cerebellar hematoma developed after a seemingly uneventful frontotemporal craniotomy is reported. On the basis of reviewing the available literature, such a postoperative intracerebral hematoma arising at a site remote from the craniotomy seems to be rare.
In the immediate postoperative period, a diagnosis of an intracerebral hematoma at a site remote from the field of the preceding craniotomy tends to be delayed. Although rare, one should always be alert to the possibilities of such a formidable but potentially salvageable complication taking place, when the condition of the patient in the immediate postoperative period is unexplainable from the findings and procedures of the preceding craniotomy.
