Armored brain as a late complication of CSF overshunting: A rare case report

We hereby present a case of an 18-year-old patient who, following initial cerebrospinal fluid overshunting to relieve a congenital hydrocephalus for Dandy-Walker malformation, developed chronic calcified subdural hematoma or an armored brain as a late complication. Chronic calcified subdural hematom...

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Published in:Radiology case reports 2025-01, Vol.20 (1), p.342-345
Main Authors: Beyene, Bereket Girum, Abera, Michael Teklehaimanot, Zeleka, Tesfaye Abebe, Dhuguma, Abdi Alemayehu
Format: Article
Language:English
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Armored brain
Case Report
Chronic calcified subdural hematoma
Computed tomography
Dandy-Walker malformation
Subdural hematoma
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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Summary:We hereby present a case of an 18-year-old patient who, following initial cerebrospinal fluid overshunting to relieve a congenital hydrocephalus for Dandy-Walker malformation, developed chronic calcified subdural hematoma or an armored brain as a late complication. Chronic calcified subdural hematoma or armored brain is generally rare, and it is even rarer after overshunting. In this report, we present a rare case of bilateral chronic subdural hematoma, also known as “armored brain”, 18 years after a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed during infancy. We emphasize the appearance of the lesion on a noncontrast brain computed tomography.
ISSN:1930-0433
1930-0433
DOI:10.1016/j.radcr.2024.10.020