[Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: the clinical neuroradiological view].

Abstract

Intracerebral hemorrhage is a common cause of acute neurological deterioration and a frequent indication for emergency neuroimaging. Stroke symptoms are caused in 10 to 15% by intracerebral hemorrhage. It is often not possible to differentiate intracerebral hemorrhage from cerebral ischemia by clinical examination. The therapeutic decision between thrombolysis or conservative therapy is comprised by the etiology. To exclude intracerebral hemorrhage as the cause of clinical symptoms, a CT is usually performed. Localisation and extension of the acute intracerebral hemorrhage are easy to detect. Subacute and chronic intracerebral hemorrhage are better delineated with magnetic resonance imaging. The different signal of the hemorrhage can be used for the age of the intracerebral hemorrhage. The cause of a non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage is in over 60% hypertony, less frequent alcoholism, malformation, or amyloid angiopathy. Uncommon causes of hemorrhage are head trauma, blood dyscrasia, tumor or venous thrombosis. Non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage are most common in patients between 50 and 70 years. In younger patients a malformation should be excluded with a cerebral angiography. Intracerebral hemorrhages are usually conservatively treated, in some cases an operative decompression is performed.

• Authors: W Reith
• Journal: Der Radiologe (Radiologe) Vol. 39 Issue 10 Pg. 828-37 (Oct 1999) ISSN: 0033-832X [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Die spontane intrazerebrale Blutung aus klinisch- neuroradiologischer Sicht.
• PMID: 10550381 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Cerebral Hemorrhage (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Cerebrovascular Disorders (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neuroradiography
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed