title: The chronic expanding intracerebral hematoma.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Weisberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stazio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed