Author(s)

Fernand Nathan Imoumby^1,2*, Franck Kouakou^1,2, Yao C. Hugues Dokponou^1,2, Abad Cherif El Asri^1,2, Miloud Gazzaz^1,2

¹Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
²Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common neurosurgical condition that is frequently encountered in neurosurgery practice. Its etiologies are dominated by traumatic head injury, and clinical presentations are various. The prognosis is generally good, but complications can be seen. Some of these complications can lead to the death of the patient. We report the rare case of a 70-year-old man admitted to the emergency room for the management of bilateral CSDH revealed by severe headache, vomiting, and loss of consciousness. He underwent a successful evacuation of both hematomas but had a stroke in both posterior cerebral artery territories, which was lethal 72 hours after surgery. We present and try to find an explanation for this exceptional post-operative complication of CSDH.

Brain Stroke, Complication, Subdural Hematoma, Case Report

Imoumby, F. , Kouakou, F. , Dokponou, Y. , Asri, A. and Gazzaz, M. (2021) Brain Stroke as a Post-Operative Lethal Complication of a Bilateral Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Case Report. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 11, 122-127. doi: 10.4236/ojmn.2021.112015.