[Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages in young patients. Study of 33 cases]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1991;147(10):653-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report 33 cases of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in patients aged from to 9/44 years (male: 20, female: 13, mean age: 32.5 years). ICH was due to vascular malformations in 39 p. 100 of cases, to arterial hypertension in 30% and to various causes in 18% no cause could be found in 13% of the cases. ICH was lobar in 64%, deep in 33% and infratentorial in 3% of the cases. The diagnosis was assessed by arteriography in 9 patients. The vascular malformations were arterial angiomas, saccular aneurysms and cavernous angiomas. Death rate was 24%. There was a fast ICH handicap in 40% of cases. Only 36% of the patients were not disabled.

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MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / mortality
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Rupture, Spontaneous