Clinical and computerized tomographic study of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage
W. S. Wiggins, D. M. Moody, J. F. Toole, D. W. Laster and M. R. Ball
Historical, neurological, and computerized tomographic findings were
correlated in 32 patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage. The
mortality figures given in standard texts appear to be too high; the more
acceptable figure would seem to be approximately 40%. Special attention was
given to intraventricular rupture, which complicated 62% of the cases.
Sudden onset of coma appears to correlate with the presence of
intraventricular rupture. The "ring sign," if looked for, will be seen in
most cases of resolving intracerebral hematoma.
