Jacek Szczygielski1,2,3, Dorothea München1, Ralf Ketter1, Lukas Ràkàsz4, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer2, Joachim Oertel1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Saarland University Medical Center and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine, Homburg/Saar, Germany. 2. Instutute of Neuropathology, Saarland University Medical Center and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine, Homburg/Saar, Germany. 3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Queens Elisabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Skateboarding has been reported to cause diverse kinds of injuries, including head trauma. However, the risk of brain injury without direct blow to the head seems to be underestimated. In particular, the impact of the inertial forces related to the vigorous character of skateboarding tricks is not sufficiently recognized. CASE DESCRIPTION: In our report, we demonstrate a case of chronic subdural hematoma developing without previous blow to the head in a 17-year-old skater bearing small frontal convexity arachnoid cyst. CONCLUSION: Based on the described case, the possibility of acceleration and angular forces related to skate park leisure activities resulting in subdural hematoma needs to be discussed. This risk should be critically appraised in patients carrying arachnoid cyst as a malformation predisposing to develop subdural bleeding. Thieme. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Skateboarding has been reported to cause diverse kinds of injuries, including head trauma. However, the risk of brain injury without direct blow to the head seems to be underestimated. In particular, the impact of the inertial forces related to the vigorous character of skateboarding tricks is not sufficiently recognized. CASE DESCRIPTION: In our report, we demonstrate a case of chronic subdural hematoma developing without previous blow to the head in a 17-year-old skater bearing small frontal convexity arachnoid cyst. CONCLUSION: Based on the described case, the possibility of acceleration and angular forces related to skate park leisure activities resulting in subdural hematoma needs to be discussed. This risk should be critically appraised in patients carrying arachnoid cyst as a malformation predisposing to develop subdural bleeding. Thieme. All rights reserved.