Intracerebral hematoma: spontaneous cure by drainage into the middle ear. A case report

Neurosurgery. 1982 Jan;10(1):103-4.

Abstract

A case of a spontaneous cure of intracerebral hematoma by drainage into the middle ear is reported. A 38-year-old man was brought to the emergency room in a semicomatose state. He was found to have skull fractures and an intracerebral hematoma. His clinical condition improved, and a repeat computed tomographic scan showed disappearance of the hematoma and its replacement by air.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / physiopathology*
  • Disease*
  • Drainage*
  • Ear, Middle / physiopathology*
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Remission, Spontaneous*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed