Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

subdural hematoma

Synonyms

SDH

Definitions

Extravasation and subsequent accumulation of blood in the subdural space between the dural and arachnoidal layers of the meninges. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a cerebral hemisphere (hematoma, subdural, intracranial), but may develop in the posterior fossa and spinal canal (hematoma, subdural, spinal). Acute (hematoma, subdural, acute) and chronic (hematoma, subdural, chronic) forms exist. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4706

Definition

Extravasation and subsequent accumulation of blood in the subdural space between the dural and arachnoidal layers of the meninges. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a cerebral hemisphere (hematoma, subdural, intracranial), but may develop in the posterior fossa and spinal canal (hematoma, subdural, spinal). Acute (hematoma, subdural, acute) and chronic (hematoma, subdural, chronic) forms exist. [MeSH]

label

RID4706

May_Cause

http://radlex.org/RID/RID35285

http://radlex.org/RID/RID35576

http://radlex.org/RID/RID35267

Preferred_name

subdural hematoma

Preferred_name_German

Subdurales Hämatom

prefixIRI

RID4706

Synonym

SDH

UMLS_ID

C0018946

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4705

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