The chronic expanding intracerebral hematoma

Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1990 Jan-Feb;14(1):61-5. doi: 10.1016/0895-6111(90)90141-w.

Abstract

Three normotensive patients presented with seizures and CT showed an intracerebral hematoma. Although these patients had no more seizures and developed no other neurological deficit, repeat CT scans (performed 2 to 3 weeks later) showed hematoma enlargement. Angiogram was performed in 2 cases and showed no evidence of vascular malformation or neoplasm. Six weeks to 6 months later, CT showed that the hematoma had changed from a hyperdense to an isodense appearance and in two cases slight enhancement occurred. During a follow-up interval of 6 to 24 months, no other neurological episodes have occurred. The etiology of the chronic expanding intracerebral hematomas was not delineated in these 3 patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed