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Sudden-onset intracranial hypertension in previously healthy patients should be further explored, and the possibility of a subdural hematoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.11604\/pamj.2026.53.36.46212","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]],"date-time":"2026-05-15T11:17:46Z","timestamp":1778843866000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Idiopathic spontaneous subacute subdural hematoma in a healthy young male: a case report"],"prefix":"10.11604","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5230-7712","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hajar","family":"Hamadi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Ibn Tofail Hospital, Mohammed VIth University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4870","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Algahtani AY, Alghamdi AM, Ashqar A, Basurrah AA, Alzahrani M. 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