Secondary intraventricular haemorrhage in blunt head trauma.
Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) has been detected by computed tomography (CT) in 225 patients admitted to our clinic from 1977 to 1985. In 9 patients IVH was caused by trauma. We report two cases in whom IVH occurred after a lucid interval of about 10 hours postinjury. The pathogenesis of traumatic IVH is discussed comparing these cases with a review of the literature.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*