Abstract

•Although the diagnosis of subdural hematoma is usually straightforward, occasionally it may be erroneous, leading to mistakes in the treatment.•The importance of not only intuitive thinking but also in analytic thinking in appropriate and accurate treatment strategies is stressed.•The clinical and radiological pitfalls in differentiating malignant leptomeningeal infiltration and subdural hematomas are discussed.

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Title
Intracranial multiple myeloma may imitate subdural hemorrhage: How to overcome diagnostic limitations and avoid errors in treatment
Author
Prajsnar-Borak, Anna 1 ; Balak, Naci 2 ; Pein, Harald Von 3 ; Glaser, Martin 4 ; Boor, Stephan 5 ; Stadie, Axel 1 

1  Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany 
2  Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Üsküdar State Hospital, Üsküdar, Turkey 
3  Department of Neuropathology, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany 
4  Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany 
5  Department of Neuroradiology, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany 
First page
252
End page
258
Publication year
2017
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Via Medica
ISSN
00283843
e-ISSN
18974260
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pjnns.2017.02.005
ProQuest document ID
2464226034
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.