RT Book, Section
A1 Smith, Wade S.
A1 Hemphill, III, J. Claude
A1 Johnston, S. Claiborne
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Fauci, Anthony
A2 Kasper, Dennis
A2 Hauser, Stephen
A2 Longo, Dan
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
SR Print(0)
ID 1207106860
T1 Intracranial Hemorrhage
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264268504
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1207106860
RD 2024/04/25
AB Intracranial  hemorrhage  is  a  form  of  stroke  (see  Chap.  426).  Compared  to  ischemic  stroke,  patients  with  intracranial  hemorrhage  are  more  likely  to  present  with  headache;  however,  brain  imaging  is  required  to  distinguish  these  entities.  CT  imaging  of  the  head  is  highly  sensitive  and  specific  for  intracranial  hemorrhage  and  determines  the  location(s)  of  bleeding.  Hemorrhages  are  classified  by  their  location  and  the  underlying  vascular  pathology.  Hemorrhage  directly  into  the  brain  parenchyma,  also  known  as  intracerebral  hemorrhage  (ICH),  and  arteriovenous  malformations  (AVMs)  of  the  brain  will  be  considered  here.  Other  categories  of  hemorrhage  include  bleeding  into  subdural  and  epidural  spaces,  usually  caused  by  trauma  (Chap  443),  and  subarachnoid  hemorrhage  due  to  trauma  or  the  rupture  of  an  intracranial  aneurysm  (Chap.  429).