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
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 10,
2002
Received:
June 14,
2002
Footnotes
*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.
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© 2003 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
