Hypertensive basal ganglial bleed
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Non contrast CT of the brain demonstrates an acute intracerebral haemorrhage centred in the basal ganglia of the left hemisphere. TheseThere is extension into the ventricle (intraventricular haemorrhage), with blood forming a cast of the lateral ventricle, and passing into the third ventricle. There is no hydrocephalus at this stage.
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Image CT (non-contrast) ( update )
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This diagram depicts the depicts the Charcot Bouchard microaneurymsmicroaneurysms arising from perforating lenticulostriate arteries. These aneurysms typically arise from arteries no larger than 300 micrometers in diameter.
Brain section photo credit:
- Source: wikimedia commons (file here)
- Author: John A Beal, 2005
- Permission: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license (CC-BY).
Superimposed artery diagram: Frank Gaillard, 2012
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