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Metastases to the central nervous system in breast cancer are not infrequent, while dural metastases are uncommon. Breast cancer accounts for 16.5% of the total of dural metastases, being the second main cause. There are reported cases of dural metastases whose brain computed tomography (CT) findings were mistaken for various benign conditions such as meningioma [1] and subdural hematoma [2]. The most of those cases found in the literature were in relation with prostate carcinoma. We describe the clinical presentation, imaging findings, and surgical intervention of a patient with dural metastases from breast ductal carcinoma mimicking sub-acute subdural hematoma. It is of great importance to differentiate between sub-acute subdural hematoma and dural metastases as the management approach of the two conditions differs greatly.