[Primary intracerebral hemorrhage: most relevant aspects of the disease].
BACKGROUND
Intracerebral hemorrhage is very frequently one of the most ignored aspects of cerebrovascular disease.


OBJECTIVE
To review many aspects of intracerebral hemorrhage ranging from its epidemiology to its etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and prognosis.


METHODS
A thorough review of literature has been carried out paying special attention to papers published over the last few years. Actual tendencies in both medical and surgical treatment have been analyzed and some ideas for treatment have been derived from this review.


CONCLUSIONS
It is obvious that there are important lacunes that affect many aspects of intracerebral hemorrhage management. Therefore we should assist in the near future to the performance of different trials that would come to offer data which reduce the uncertainties that affect this pathology.
Lloret Garcia
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Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España. malto_jma@gva.es
Molto Jorda
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D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000925:Anticoagulants; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents