Unusual life saving application of intra-operative ultrasound: case report

Georgios Tsermoulas1, Patrick Mitchell

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. georgios.tsermoulas@nuth.nhs.uk

We report the case of a young woman who developed brain swelling during an ultrasound-guided craniotomy for tumour. A contralateral acute extradural haematoma was identified with the ultrasound and removed. No cause for the extradural was found.