Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome Following Head Trauma: Clinical and Radiologic Findings

DISCUSSIONDDMS was initially described in 1933 by Dyke et al. 1 Two types of DDMS are mentioned, congenital and acquired. 1,2Intrauterine vascular occlusion may occur in cases of the congenital type of DDMS and the symptoms begin at birth or immediately afterwards.The central nervous system damage due to trauma, ischemic and hemorrhagic conditions, and infection may be playing a role in the acquired type of DDMS. 5 The case presented is the acquired type of DDMS that developed after trauma at the age of 10.