Intracranial hematomas
Intracranial hematomas are bad stuff that keep neurosurgeons busy. They are usually diagnosed by imaging (CT head).
Classification
- Epidural hemorrhage (extradural hemorrhage).
- Patient may have lucid interval.[1]
- Middle meningeal artery.
- Radiology: ellipsoid shape.
- Subdural hemorrhage
- Damaged bridging veins: subdural space between the dura and arachnoid mater.
- Radiology: crescent shape.
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Classically caused by aneuryms:[2]
- Anterior communicating artery (ACA) - most common.
- Middle cerebral artery (MCA) - second most common.
- Classically caused by aneuryms:[2]
- Intracerebral hemorrhage.
See also
References
- ↑ Erşahin Y, Mutluer S, Güzelbag E (April 1993). "Extradural hematoma: analysis of 146 cases". Childs Nerv Syst 9 (2): 96–9. PMID 8319240.
- ↑ Beck J, Rohde S, Berkefeld J, Seifert V, Raabe A (January 2006). "Size and location of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms measured by 3-dimensional rotational angiography". Surg Neurol 65 (1): 18–25; discussion 25–7. doi:10.1016/j.surneu.2005.05.019. PMID 16378842.