Citation

Yamakami I, Mine S, Yamaura A, Fukutake T. J. Clin. Neurosci. 2005; 12(1): 81-83.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. funa@isl.titech.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jocn.2004.02.018

PMID

15639420

Abstract

We report a 20-year-old man who developed a chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) after riding a "giant" roller coaster. The patient had a past history of a subdural hygroma, diagnosed six weeks after a motorcycle accident. Three months after this accident, he rode on a roller coaster, but suffered no direct head trauma during the ride. Three weeks later, he developed a CSDH requiring surgical evacuation. Roller coaster riding, associated with high velocities and extreme acceleration/deceleration forces is a modern cause of CSDH in the young, which may be increasing due to ever-faster rides.

Language: en