title: Putaminal hemorrhages.
abstract: The putamen is a common site of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage. Such hemorrhages show a large range of possible presentations - from enormous hemorrhages involving the white matter of the hemispheres and the ventricular system, to cases occurring without causing any symptoms or neurological signs. The symptoms of onset, the clinical evolution and the outcome are largely due to the magnitude of the initial blood extravasation. This chapter describes typical as well as rare clinical manifestations of putaminal hemorrhages.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy. giovanni.ghetti@ospedale.perugia.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghetti
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020146:Putaminal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*