Thalamic bleeding: clinico-computed tomographic correlations.
A series of 22 patients with thalamic bleeding with CT confirmation is reported. Sixteen patients had hypertension and 7 experienced headaches and vomiting. Twenty patients had hemiparesis, and 14 had hemianesthesia. More than half the cases had hematomas in the posterior thalamus. Twenty-one had hematomas less than 3 cm. No patient displayed the characteristic pupil signs. One patient died and mortality rate was 4.5% (died from respiratory arrest). None of the 7 patients who had ventricular rupture died, indicating that the prognosis of the patients may not be affected by the ventricular extension.
Iwasaki
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Department of Fourth Internal Medicine, Toho University, Ohashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kinoshita
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed