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Etiology and clinical presentation of intracerebral hemorrhage

Typical locations of bleeding in hypertensive patients

INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE Etiology and clinical presentation of intracerebral hemorrhage David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 21/03/2024, published on 16/04/2021 [toc] intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is characterized by spontaneous rupture of blood vessels within the cerebral parenchyma, leading to focal hematoma formation and subsequent mass effect ICH accounts for approx. 10-20% of all strokes the 30-day mortality is up ... Read more

Anatomy of cerebral veins and dural sinuses

ADD-ONS / ANATOMY Anatomy of cerebral veins and sinuses David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 08/05/2024, published on 09/04/2021 [toc] Classification venous blood is drained from the brain by a system of cerebral veins (vv. cerebri), which are emptied into dural sinuses and cervical veins (internal jugular veins and vertebral veins) Cerebral veins deep cerebral veins thalamostriate ... Read more

General therapy and acute anticoagulation in cerebral venous thrombosis

Hemorrhagic infarction in thrombosis of the left transverse and sigmoid sinus

CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS General therapy and acute anticoagulation in cerebral venous thrombosis David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 12/03/2024, published on 08/04/2021 [toc] in the acute phase, the patient should be monitored in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) order bed rest with the upper body slightly elevated initiate general therapy and acute anticoagulation investigate and treat ... Read more

Clinical presentation and etiology of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS Clinical presentation and etiology of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 12/03/2024, published on 07/04/2021 [toc] Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: AHA Scientific Statement (2024) Introduction cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) refers to the presence of a thrombus in the dural venous sinuses and/or cerebral veins, which ... Read more

Superficial siderosis

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Superficial siderosis David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 11/03/2024, published on 06/04/2021 [toc] cerebral superficial siderosis (SS) is a rare condition characterized by the deposition of hemosiderin (hemoglobin breakdown product) in the subarachnoid space (SA) on the surface of the brain and spinal cord, regardless of etiology its exact prevalence is not well-established due to ... Read more

Nontraumatic convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Nontraumatic convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage (cSAH) David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 18/02/2024, published on 06/04/2021 [toc] Definition non-traumatic spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage at the convexity (non-traumatic convexal SAH - cSAH) is defined as a collection of blood in one or more adjacent sulci, in the absence of SAH in another localization it is relatively rare, but ... Read more

TEST – registration

ISCHEMIC STROKE / CLASSIFICATION AND ETIOLOGY Etiologic classification of ischemic stroke David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 09/11/2023, published on 04/04/2021 1. Evaluation of ischemic stroke etiology 1.1 Brain imaging 1.2 Vascular imaging 1.3 Arrhythmias detection 1.4 Cardiac imaging 1.5 Laboratory tests 2. Classification of ischemic stroke 2.1 Pathophysiologic classification 2.2 Etiologic classification 2.3 Classification based on ... Read more

Endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysm

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysm David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 12/12/2023, published on 03/04/2021 [toc] Coiling the most common procedure is coiling, in which the aneurysm sac is filled with detachable platinum coils → aneurysm is thrombosed and thus removed from circulation coils vary in stiffness, filament diameter, shape, size, length, and surface characteristics ... Read more

Brain aneurysm diagnosis

Aneurysm of the intracranial ICA segment

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Brain aneurysm diagnosis David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 09/03/2024, published on 30/03/2021 [toc] in each patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), it is necessary to identify the source by examining the arterial circulation CT angiography (as part of the usual baseline imaging) serves as the primary diagnostic modality for aneurysm detection in the acute ... Read more

Diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage

SAH caused by rupture of top basilar artery aneurysm

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage David Goldemund M.D.Updated on 29/04/2024, published on 30/03/2021 [toc] the diagnosis of SAH should be considered in any patient presenting with a severe, sudden-onset, or rapidly worsening headache deciding which patients require evaluation for SAH is often challenging in emergency care imaging methods can confirm the diagnosis of subarachnoid ... Read more