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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Sub acute expansion of hypertensive intracerebral hematoma
Amit Agrawal
Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Amit Agrawal Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore - 524 003, Andhra Pradesh India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-4958.148525
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Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is usually secondary to systemic arterial hypertension, sudden in onset, rapidly progressive, fulminating disease, with profound neurological deficit and high mortality. In majority of the survivors of ICHclots are usually absorbed with minimal scar formation; however, in uncommon circumstances the clot can liquefy and expand causing delayed deterioration that require urgent hematoma evacuation to hasten the recovery. We discuss a case of a 40-year-old male, where the patient had delayed deterioration in his neurological status and a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan showed sub-acute expansile intracerebral hematoma. |
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