title: [Multiple cerebral hematomas: review of 7 cases].
abstract: We present seven patients with multiple spontaneous cerebral haemorrhages, diagnosed by CT scan, in a 10-year period in the Hospital 12 de Octubre. The clinical presentation, radiologic features, and prognosis of this entity are analyzed, and the diverse etiologic factors are discussed. All of the patients in this series were over 50 years of age, the majority not hypertensive (57%, n = 4), and in almost half the cases (43%, n = 3) the brain haemorrhages were associated with diverse coagulation disorders. The localization of the haemorrhages was exclusively supratentorial. Four patients presented with a moderate global confusional state, and one patient with deep coma. All the patients had focal signs. The mortality was elevated, with three patients dying, but the clinical evolution and outcome of those who survived was favourable.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neurologia, Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seijo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ucles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gil-Nagel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balseiro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calandre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Hematomas cerebrales múltiples: revisión de 7 casos.