Citation

Lutfi R, Mullett CJ, Nield LS. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2009; 25(9): 582-583.

Affiliation

From the Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181b4f5f7

PMID

19755893

Abstract

A 16-year-old adolescent boy presented with headache, dizziness, loss of consciousness, and a tonic-clonic seizure after heading a soccer ball in a competitive match. A computed tomographic scan of the head revealed an acute subdural hematoma with a mass effect. The patient was emergently referred to a tertiary care facility where he eventually recovered completely with conservative care. No predisposing medical conditions were found. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to the heading of a soccer ball alone in an otherwise healthy child without any underlying predisposing central nervous system abnormalities.

Language: en