Thalamic hematoma from a ruptured posterior cerebral artery aneurysm

B A Crum; E F Wijdicks

doi:10.1159/000016111

Thalamic hematoma from a ruptured posterior cerebral artery aneurysm

Cerebrovasc Dis. 2000 Nov-Dec;10(6):475-7. doi: 10.1159/000016111.

Authors

B A Crum¹, E F Wijdicks

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology (Neurological-Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA.

PMID: 11070380
DOI: 10.1159/000016111

Abstract

Background: The location of parenchymal hemorrhage often indicates the site of the aneurysm in subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Case report: We present the first case of a thalamus hematoma associated with a small ruptured (P1) posterior cerebral artery aneurysm with rapid washout of subarachnoid blood mimicking a ganglionic hemorrhage.

Conclusion: Thalamus hematoma with subarachnoid hemorrhage points at a ruptured proximal posterior circulation aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Angiography
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
Thalamus / blood supply*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed