title: Spontaneous thalamic hemorrhage from a lateral posterior choroidal artery aneurysm.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors report a case of lateral posterior choroidal artery pseudoaneurysm that caused a spontaneous thalamic hemorrhage. The case supports obtaining computed tomographic angiography (CTA) even in seemingly routine cases of hypertensive hemorrhage and demonstrates a possibly unreported type of aneurysm causing thalamic hemorrhage.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented with a spontaneous right thalamic hemorrhage, and CTA showed a focus of contrast inside the hematoma. One month later, the patient was well but a CTA showed that the hematoma had resolved but that there was enlargement of the contrast-enhancing lesion in the thalamus. Catheter angiography showed an aneurysm of the lateral posterior choroidal artery. This was excised via an occipital interhemispheric supratentorial subcallosal approach. The patient recovered fully and returned to work 3 months later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The case shows the need to carefully review CTA after ICH, even in cases of seemingly typical hypertensive ICH.
authors: Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Labatt Family Centre of Excellence in Brain Injury and Trauma Research Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Fukuda
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Munoz
authors: R Loch
authors: RL
authors: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D062707:Return to Work; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: CT; CTA; Computed tomographic angiogram; Computed tomography; Hypertensive intracerebral hematoma; ICH; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Lateral posterior choroidal artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Thalamic hemorrhage