Nearly 750 years ago, a mysterious illness felled Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas before he reached his sixth decade. Now, a team of med students and a neurosurgeon think they've identified his killer: chronic subdural hematoma.
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 750 years ago, a mysterious illness felled Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas before he reached his sixth decade. Now, a team of medical students and a neurosurgeon think they've identified his killer: chronic subdural hematoma.
"Ultimately, this is a classic chronic subdural hematoma story," said University of Kansas Medical Center medical student Gabriel J. LeBeau, who presented the findings April 22 here at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting.
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