A case of bilateral calcified subdural hematomas with midline shift in a patient with a chronic Lumboperitoneal shunt
Aasim Ali, Anousha Tanveer, Danish Yousuf, Labeeba Abdul Ghafoor, Mukesh Kumar Sharma · 2026
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Description
Calcified shells around old brain bleeds form an armoured-brain picture in Aasim Ali's 2026 shunt case from Pakistan's literature. The shunt was placed in childhood for high brain pressure. New headache after 20 days prompted brain imaging for shunt problems.
The patient was a 35-year-old man with a mild, diffuse headache at arrival. Brain checks showed no clear nerve deficits or eye signs of pressure. CT scans showed crescent collections with thick calcified shells on both sides. That shell pattern is called armoured brain in the report text. MRI confirmed the collections and showed a mild shift of the brain midline. A small fresh bleed may have triggered symptoms.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aasim Ali, Anousha Tanveer, Danish Yousuf, Labeeba Abdul Ghafoor, Mukesh Kumar Sharma |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4949 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |