Diseases

Diseases

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Diseases

Bleeding into the putamen, a basal ganglia nucleus. This is a relatively common site of spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage and is associated with chronic hypertension and lipohyalinosis of small ...

Hypertensive intracranial haemorrhage

Health care; Diseases

Bleeding within the brain or adjacent structures which results from systemic hypertension, usually in association with intracranial arteriosclerosis. Hypertensive haemorrhages are most frequent in ...

Traumatic brain haemorrhage

Health care; Diseases

Bleeding within the brain as a result of penetrating and nonpenetrating craniocerebral trauma. Traumatically induced haemorrhages may occur in any area of the brain, including the cerebral ...

Paradoxical embolism

Health care; Diseases

Blockage of a systemic artery by a thrombus originating in a systemic vein, which has passed through a defect that permits direct communication between the right and the left side of the heart, ...

Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage

Health care; Diseases

Bleeding within the cranial vault induced by penetrating and nonpenetrating traumatic injuries, including haemorrhages into the epidural, subdural and subarachnoid spaces, cerebral hemispheres, ...

Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage

Health care; Diseases

Bleeding into the subarachnoid space following craniocerebral trauma. Minor haemorrhages may be asymptomatic; moderate to severe haemorrhages may be associated with intracranial hypertension and ...