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Atraumatic antepartum subdural hematoma causing fetal death

R H Demir1, N Gleicher, S A Myers

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital Center of Chicago, IL 60608.

A case of atraumatic antenatal fetal subdural hematoma, severe enough to cause death, is reported. Although it is often associated with traumatic delivery, its occurrence before labor suggests that assumptions of causation require some medical investigation or corroboration before trauma is accepted as the etiologic factor.

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