Intracranial hemorrhage

bone, liver, spleen, kidney, and in other organs of the body. Treatment plans vary by location. Some hematomas are treated by surgery, or a simple drainage of the blood. Hematomas that form and clot in the brain can be identified as subdural, intracranial, or intracerebral. A subdural hematoma is an assemblage of blood formed between the dura (covering of the brain) and the brain’s surface. This type of hematoma is most likely caused by a head injury. Subdural hematomas are very dangerous and…

the emissary veins become damaged: Blood begins accumulating under the fibrous tissue of the scalp muscle and the dense vascular connective tissue (periosteum) that envelopes the bones of the skull. This condition could lead to a life-threatening hemorrhage. Symptoms may include: Swelling of the head – this swelling is usually spread out across the head, the fluid indents upon palpation and shifts when the baby’s head is repositioned. Hypovolemic shock – a fast heartbeat, abnormally…

results in death of parts of brain tissue. The other kind of stroke is hemorrhagic stroke, which is caused by bleeding. Hemorrhagic strokes include bleeding in the brain, called intracerebral hemorrhage and bleeding between inner and outer layers of tissue that covered the brain, called subarachnoid hemorrhage.…

affected children. Headaches. A patient experiencing a headache does not necessarily have an arachnoid cyst. A study found 18% of patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts had non-specific headaches. The cyst was in the temporal location in 75% of these cases. Seizures Hydrocephalus (excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid) • Increased intracranial pressure • Developmental delay • Behavioral changes • Nausea PRECAUTIONS/PREVENTION Most arachnoid cysts are asymptomatic and do not…

live-births in the US.1 Although more premature infants may be surviving due to improved obstetrics and neonatal care, they can suffer from complications including peri-intraventricular hemorrhage (PIVH). PIVH arise from destruction of the highly vascular neural and glial precursor cells in the germinal matrix leading to hemorrhage into the ventricular system. The incidence of PIVH among infants with birth weight of less than 1500g is 15-20%2,3 rising to approximately 50% in those with…

cerebrospinal fluid re-absorption in the absence of any cerebrospinal fluid-flow obstruction between the ventricles and subarachnoid space. Communicating hydrocephalus has many different neurologic conditions such as subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage, meningitis and congenital absence of arachnoid villi. In some case, the special form of communicating hydrocephalus is normal pressure hydrocephalus which causes thickening of the arachnoid leading to blockage of the return-flow channels…

Introduction: Head trauma is considered as a common complaint in Emergency Department (ED). Each year, 1.7 million patients are referred to US EDs due to the head trauma [1], which most of them are diagnosed as minor head injury. Although minor head injury is common in Iran, but unfortunately the exact number is unknown. Minor head injury has been defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 13-15 [2-4] or GCS equals 14 and 15 [5]. Computed Tomography (CT) is a standard imaging for acute head injury.…

direct mechanical impact to the skull and brain tissue due to acceleration-deceleration forces, resulting in skull fractures and intracranial lesions (Curry, Viernes & Sharma, 2011). The intracranial lesions are the result of focal brain injury or diffuse brain injury. Focal brain damage is produced by contact injury resulting in contusion, laceration, intracranial hemorrhage and hematoma, whereas diffuse brain damage is produced by acceleration-deceleration injury resulting in diffuse axonal…

Physiology of intracranial pressure (ICP) 1. Intracranial pressure dynamics: Intracranial pressure is the pressure of cerbrospinal fluid inside the skull.Normally the cranial vault is a closed box and non compliant structure containing volume of approximately 1500 ml ,comprissing 88% brain matter ,7.5% blood and 4-5 % cerebrospinal fluid . Monrroe kelle hypothesis concludes that any increase in the volume of an intracranial element must be met with an equal compensatory decrease in…

Intracranial hematoma Overview: An intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) happens when blood all of a sudden blasts into brain tissue, bringing on harm to the brain, which may show indications like that of a stroke. Lobar intracerebral hemorrhages happen in the cerebral projections outside of the basal ganglia. The basal ganglia are a structure situated in the cerebrum (the biggest piece of the brain) that guides in engine control, procedural learning, eye development, and intellectual capacity.…