CHRONIC SUBDURAL-HEMATOMA, AN UNUSUAL INJURY FROM PLAYING BASKETBALL

Although the literature records instances of acute epidural haematoma and acute subdural haematoma related to playing basketball, there has not been a report of chronic subdural haematoma as a basketball injury . With the burgeoning interest in this sport in the United Kingdom and Europe, the possibility of this particular neurotrauma increases. Suc h an injury, along with the diagnosis and management of this often ins idious lesion, is documented in this case report.