Primary intraventricular traumatic hemorrhage.
The history of five patients, having developed intraventricular bleeding following head injury, was reviewed. Only two patients survived, one of whom eventually lapsed into a persistent vegetative state. The only patient showing good recovery was an 8-year-old girl. Primary traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage should be considered a rare, but serious entity with a very poor prognosis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed