title: Hemorrhagic stroke.
abstract: Neuroimaging by CT or MR imaging is necessary for the identification of hemorrhagic stroke and provides information about its cause. The appearance of intracranial hematoma (ICH) on CT and MR imaging evolves over time and must be understood to facilitate accurate diagnosis. The cause of ICH varies by location. New evidence suggests that MR imaging alone may be adequate to identify hemorrhagic stroke in the acute setting, and that MR imaging is superior to CT for identification of chronic microbleeds and hemorrhagic conversion of infarction.
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Critical Care Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. eesmith@partners.org
authors.forename: Eric E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosand
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed