BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Limiting intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) expansion is a common target for acute ICH studies and, therefore, accurate measurement of hematoma volumes is required. We investigated the amount of hematoma volume difference between computed tomography scans that can be considered as measurement error. METHODS Five raters performed baselin...

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Objective: To develop and validate a radiomics-based nomogram model which aimed to predict hematoma expansion (HE) in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH).
 Methods: Patients with HICH (n=187) were included from October 2017 March 2022 the Yongchuan Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. randomly divided into training set (n=130) validation (n=57) ratio 7:3. The radio...

The incidence of spontaneous intracerebral hematoma (SICH) is even now high worldwide, especially higher in Japan than in Western countries, despite the development of advances in blood pressure (BP) management and food/alcohol intake education. Although mortality and morbidity for SICH are high, some controversies remain regarding the appropriate acute phase of treatment. Recent studies have r...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Therapy with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonists appears to improve outcome after experimental hematoma but with unacceptable side effects. We looked to synthetic GABA agonists, or positive GABA modulators, widely developed as anticonvulsants and anxiolytics, to find compounds that may be effective. Ganaxolone is a synthetic neuroactive steroid that positively modulat...

Chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma (CEIH) is a rare cerebrovascular disease. Here, we describe a case of a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis and an abnormal coagulation state that was treated with minimally invasive endoscopic hematoma removal. A 54-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of incoherent speech, incontinence, and repeated stumbling. Laboratory analysis showed thrombo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Several retrospective studies suggested that contrast extravasation on CT angiography predicts hematoma expansion, poor outcome, and mortality in primary intracerebral hemorrhage. We aimed to determine the predictive value of contrast extravasation on multidetector CT angiography for clinical outcome in a prospective study. METHODS In 160 consecutive patients with spont...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH) is one of the most devastating forms of stroke. Currently, no specific therapies for HICH except general medical care. However, in China, medicine of promoting blood circulation (PBC) and removing blood stasis (RBS) are widely and efficiently used to treat HICH and become a potentially effective treatment for the secondary effects of HICH ...