Persistent intraventricular hematoma following ruptured aneurysm.
It is well known that intraventricular hematomas disappear within three weeks, as documented by computed tomography (CT). Recently we encountered a patient with an intraventricular hematoma, caused by rupture of an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery, that persisted as a visible lesion on CT scans two months following the hemorrhage.
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed