Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie 50 (2008) 5, 295 - 299
Subdural hematoma and depression
summary
Chronic subdural haematoma (csdh) is difficult to diagnose because patients with this disorder, in particular the elderly, present with such a wide variety of symptoms. The subject of this case study is an 89-year-old man with a history of csdh who presented with severe depressive symptoms with psychotic features and who in the end turned out to have a recurrence of csdh. An integrated past and who present with psychiatric problems and fall frequently. When a patient presents with such symptoms, one needs to be on the look-out for a recurrence of csdh.