acute subdural hematoma

「車いすの宮さま」として知られた桂宮さまが亡くなられました。1988年にacute subdural hematoma（急性硬膜下血種）で倒れられて以来，blood poisoning（敗血症）や感染症と見られ病魔とずっと闘っておられました。合掌。（GP）

Prince Katsura, cousin of Emperor Akihito, dies at 66

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, died of acute heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at 10:55 a.m. Sunday, the Imperial Household Agency said. He was 66.

The prince was taken to the University of Tokyo Hospital in a critical condition earlier in the day, the agency said.

He has been in and out of hospital in recent years due to illnesses such as blood poisoning and possible infectious diseases since suffering an acute subdural hematoma, a condition in which blood gathers around or inside the brain, in 1988.

As the second son of Prince Mikasa, a 98-year-old uncle of the emperor, Prince Katsura was the sixth in line to the imperial throne.

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