Hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage on MRI and CT
Diagnosis certain
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Hyperacute intracranial haemorrhage affecting the right thalamus with extension into the ventricle. In the elderly, the most common cause of this type of haemorrhage is poorly controlled hypertension. In younger patients, or those without hypertension, an underlying vascular or potentially neoplastic lesion should be sought.
-<p>Hyperacute intracranial haemorrhage affecting the right thalamus with extension into the ventricle.</p>- +<p>Hyperacute intracranial haemorrhage affecting the right thalamus with extension into the ventricle. In the elderly, the most common cause of this type of haemorrhage is poorly controlled hypertension. In younger patients, or those without hypertension, an underlying vascular or potentially neoplastic lesion should be sought. </p>