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Acquisition of a chronic subdural haematoma during training for competitive race walking?

M R Carmont1, W Mahattanakul, T Pigott

  • 1The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ, UK.mcarmont@hotmail.com

A 65 year old man, anticoagulated for cardiac problems, developed hemiparesis while training for race walking. A computed tomography scan showed a chronic subdural haematoma. This is the first report of a chronic subdural haematoma possibly caused by the jarring action of race walking.

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