Citation

McNeil SL, Spruill WA, Langley RL, Shuping JR, Leonard JR. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1987; 16(1): 114-116.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3800063

Abstract

A 17-year-old, previously healthy, male breakdancer presented with a three-month history of crescendo headache and newly identified papilledema. The patient was found to have four separate, unilateral extracranial collections. At surgery, three were subdural hematomas, and one was a probable arachnoid cyst containing a hematoma. These were removed, and the patient made an uneventful recovery with no neurosurgical sequelae. The possibility of serious head injury must be considered when evaluating headache in youngsters who engage in this new and apparently popular dance form.

Language: en