title: [Cerebrovascular disorders: analysis of 190 autopsy cases].
abstract: A retrospective study of 190 postmortem examinations of cerebrovascular disease from the Department of Pathology was carried out. We found 94 cases (49.47%) of hemorrhage, 67 (35.26%) of infarction and 29 patients (15.26%) with hemorrhage and infarction; both were more frequent in males. Among the hemorrhagic cerebral vascular disease the intracerebral hemorrhage was more frequent. The cerebral infarction was more frequent in the territory of the middle cerebral artery. Arterial hypertension was the most common cause of cerebral hemorrhage and the cause in the great majority of the cerebral infarction cases was atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia da Fundacão, Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilbig
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Britto
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001938:Brazil; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Acidente vascular cerebral: Análise de 190 casos autopsiados.