[Clinical study of 14 patients with pontine hemorrhage].
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the clinical features, etiology and prognosis of pontine hemorrhages (PH).


METHODS
Descriptive study of 14 patients with PH included in the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry over a 19-year period. The vascular risk factors and clinical profiles in PH and subcortical hemorrhage group (n = 133) were compared.


RESULTS
PH accounted for 0.36% of all acute strokes (n = 3,808) and 3.4% of all intracerebral hemorrhages. Hypertension was present in 78.6%, diabetes mellitus in 21.4% and hyperlipidemia in 21.4%. Pure motor hemiparesis was present in 2 patients (14.3%). The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 50%. Dizziness (odds ratio = 27.38; 95% confidence interval, 2.43-218.7) and cranial nerve palsy (odds ratio = 26.28; 95% confidence interval, 5.84-118.17) were independent predictors related to PH.


CONCLUSIONS
Hemorrhagic pontine stroke is infrequent, presents a high in-hospital mortality and clinical profiles were identified in PH versus subcortical hemorrhages.
Arboix
Adrià
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Unidad de Enfermedades Vasculares Cerebrales, Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. aarboix@hscor.com
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons; D012307:Risk Factors