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ABRAHAM KAPLAN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1938;55(5):1034-1036.

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In children between the ages of 2 and 12 years chronic subdural hematoma is a rarity.

In 1930 Jelsma¹ collected from the literature reports of forty-two cases of chronic subdural hematoma. In this series there was only one case of a child between the ages of 2 and 10 years.

In 1899 Spiller² reported a case of bilateral subdural hematoma in a feebleminded child aged 7 years, who was taken ill at a training school for the feebleminded. The diagnosis was not suspected, for she failed to show any localizing signs. The necropsy revealed well organized subdural hematomas over both hemispheres.

Henschen³ in 1912 in a comprehensive report on subdural hematomas reported a recovery following the evacuation of an acute subdural hematoma in a 9 year old girl who fell from a balcony for a distance of about 10 feet (3 meters). The child lost consciousness. There . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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NEW YORK

From the neurologic and neurosurgical departments (Cornell) of Bellevue Hospital.

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