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  • Title: Subdural hematoma in a teenager related to roller-coaster ride.
    Author: Roldan-Valadez E, Facha MT, Martinez-Lopez M, Herrera-Mora P.
    Journal: Eur J Paediatr Neurol; 2006 Jul; 10(4):194-6. PubMed ID: 16949843.
    Abstract:
    Reports about neurological injury related to roller-coaster rides mostly involve adults; we present a case of subdural hematoma in a pediatric patient presented 14 days after a roller-coaster ride. These rides show extreme up-and-down, to-and-fro, and rotatory acceleration/deceleration forces that could produce tensile and shearing stresses with tearing of bridging cerebral veins resulting in subdural hemorrhage. Pediatricians should consider roller-coaster riding a modern cause of subdural hematoma, as well as a possible cause of unexplained neurologic events in otherwise healthy adolescents.
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