Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 44-46, January 2003

Simultaneous bilateral hypertensive putaminal hemorrhages☆

From the Departments of *Neurology and †Radiology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

Received 14 June 2002; accepted 10 November 2002.

Abstract 

The simultaneous occurrence of bilateral putaminal hemorrhages is a rare clinical event. We report a case of spontaneous bilateral putaminal hemorrhages in a patient with chronic hypertension and review the clinical presentation and outcome of other reported cases of this type of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage. All patients have presented with an alteration in level of consciousness, and clinical outcome has been uniformly poor. Simultaneous bilateral putaminal hemorrhages are associated with a poor prognosis. Copyright © 2003 by National Stroke Association

Keywords:  Hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage

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☆ Address reprint requests to Scott Silliman, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Tower 1 Building, 580 W. 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209.

PII: S1052-3057(02)45903-4

doi:10.1053/jscd.2003.3

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 44-46, January 2003

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