Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma in Patients with Advanced Cancer —Report of Two Cases—

Junya HANAKITA; Akinori KONDO; Kiyoshi NISHIHARA; Yoshisuke YAMAMOTO; Yuji KINUTA

doi:10.2176/nmc.25.568

Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma in Patients with Advanced Cancer

—Report of Two Cases—

Junya HANAKITA, Akinori KONDO, Kiyoshi NISHIHARA, Yoshisuke YAMAMOTO, Yuji KINUTA

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Keywords: advanced cancer, DIC, subdural hematoma

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1985 Volume 25 Issue 7 Pages 568-570

DOI https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.25.568

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Abstract

Two cases of spontaneous subdural hematoma in patients with advanced cancer are presented, and the mechanisms involved in the formation of such spontaneous subdural hematomas are discussed. We believe that disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) played the most important role in inducing the spontaneous subdural hematomas in the two patients presented here.

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