Acute subdural hematoma following disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with an obstetric catastrophe
Pollak, L.; Schiffer, J.; Leonov, Y.; Zaidenstein, R.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 31(8): 489-491
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 7635698 Document Number: 453240
The clinical, laboratory, radiological and operative recordings of a patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) related to therapeutic abortion is reported. During a comatose state following respiratory arrest, anisocoria with right dilated unreactive pupil and decerebration signs appeared. A brain CT scan showed a right frontotemporal hemorrhage. On surgical intervention a subdural hematoma was found and removed. The patient remained in a persistent vegetative state. The rarity of subdural hematoma complicating DIC is presented and the causes of intracranial bleeding in obstetrics are reviewed.