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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
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1. Ruptured intracranial aneurysm (75%)
2. Bleeding from vascular malformation (5%) 3. Trauma 4. Extension from parenchymal haematoma 5. Perimesencephalic haemorrhage 6. Miscellaneous (anticoagulation, vasculopathy) Investigations: 1. CT 2. Lumbar pucture 3. Late MRI 4. Catheter angiiography Complications: 1. High mortality and morbidity 2. Hydrocephalus 3. Vasospasm 4. Infarction |
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Pineal Region Mass
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Pineal gland
- simple pineal cyst - germinoma - teratoma - parenchymal pineal tumours (pineocytoma, pineoblastoma) Posterior brainstem - tectal glioma - infarct - cavernoma - Metastasis - Demyelination - Post-traumatic contusion Posterior third ventricle - glioma - metastasis - choroid plexus tumour Perimesencephalic cistern - arachnoid cyst - dermoid - lipoma - menigioma - metastasis - AV malformation (inc. vein of galen) - posterior cerebral/ artery aneurysm |