Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 501-504 , July 2010

Dural prostate adenocarcinoma metastasis with subdural hematoma mimicking the appearance of an epidural hematoma

  • Michael J. Dorsi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • These authors contributed equally to the study.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 635 Charles E Young Drive South, Neuroscience Research Building, Room 404, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Tel.: +1 443 415 5905.
    • ,
  • George Zenonos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • These authors contributed equally to the study.
    • ,
  • Wesley Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Judy Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States

Received 4 June 2009 ,Revised 3 December 2009 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.02.009

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 501-504 , July 2010

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