Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

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Abstract
The experience of the authors contradicts the statements usually made that chronic subdural hematoma is rare in adolescents and young adults. Because of this error the possibility of subdural hematoma is often neglected in the differential diagnosis of conditions in this age group. Reviewing the histories of 80 patients with chronic subdural hematoma, the authors found 15 patients between the ages of 5 and 40 years. Head injury was the predominant cause. Headache and alteration in the state of responsiveness were the most common symptoms. The pineal gland, visualized in 4 patients, was not found to be displaced. Ventriculography was the definitive diagnostic procedure. One patient died postoperatively of complicating meningitis.

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