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intracerebral hemorrhage |
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Intracerebral hemorrhage A cause of some strokes in which vessels within the brain begin bleeding. Mentioned in: Stroke intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a type of hemorrhagic stroke in which bleeding directly into the brain occurs. It is most often caused by hypertension and is associated with increased intracranial pressure. ICH usually occurs in the basal ganglia, thalamus, pons, and cerebral and cerebellar white matter. Intracerebral hemorrhage Intracranial hemorrhage, thalamic hemorrhage Neurology Hemorrhage in the brain, often cause by hypertensive small vessel disease Locations Lobar or deep–affecting the thalamus, basal ganglia, pons, cerebellum
Etiology Trauma, vascular defects–aneurysm, hemangioma, HTN, idiopathic Pathophysiology Cerebral edema and hematoma result in ↑ intracranial pressure with destruction of brain tissue Clinical Sx are usually abrupt and occur without
warning, often during activity, less commonly develop in a stepwise, episodic manner or progressive manner Risk factors DIC, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, leukemia, thrombocytopenia, aspirin, anticoagulants, thrombolytics, liver disease, cerebral
amyloid, brain tumors, prematurity–associated with intra-ventricular hemorrhage, which may result in severe disability Diagnosis Ultrasound, CT, MRI Management Surgical evacuation. See Hemorrhage. Cf Hemorrhagic stroke. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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0), reflecting their elevated risk of death from cerebrovascular disease--primarily intracerebral hemorrhage and hemorrhagic stroke--after giving birth (4. Primary pontine hemorrhage, for example, accounts for less than 8% of incidences of intracerebral hemorrhage (7. Thiex, senior neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Aachen University Hospital reported on new results on applying PAION's clot busting drug Desmoteplase in a large animal model of haemorrhagic stroke at the 18th International Congress on Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis in San Diego, CA (USA) (Thiex R, Weis J, Schwartz O, Krings T, Rohde V: Minor Edema Formation after DSPA-induced Clot Lysis of Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage. |
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