Thalamic hemorrhage: clinical-CT correlations.
We studied 50 patients with thalamic hemorrhage, 84% with hypertension. Five patients had hematomas less than 8 mm and signs that resolved within 4 days. Two patients had headache, papilledema, and hemorrhage contiguous with the lateral ventricles. Twenty-four had hemiparesis, parenchymal hemorrhage 9 to 30 mm, and no ventricular blood. Nineteen had a larger hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage, impaired consciousness, hemiparesis, and pupillary abnormalities; 12 had vertical gaze impairment, and all 19 patients died.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed