Intracranial hemorrhage

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Intracranial hemorrhage Classification and external resources
ICD-10	I60.0-I62., S06.
ICD-9	430-432, 850-854
DiseasesDB	6870
MedlinePlus	000796
eMedicine	neuro/177
MeSH	D020300

An intracranial hemorrhage is a hemorrhage, or bleeding, within the skull.

Contents 1 Causes 2 Prognosis 3 Diagnosis 4 Classification 4.1 Intra-axial hemorrhage 4.2 Extra-axial hemorrhage 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Causes

Intracranial bleeding occurs when a blood vessel in the head is ruptured or leaks. It can result from physical trauma (as occurs in head injury) or nontraumatic causes (as occurs in hemorrhagic stroke) such as a ruptured aneurysm. Anticoagulant therapy, as well as disorders with blood clotting can heighten the risk that an intracranial hemorrhage will occur.^[1]

[edit] Prognosis

Intracranial hemorrhage is a serious medical emergency because the buildup of blood within the skull can lead to increases in intracranial pressure, which can crush delicate brain tissue or limit its blood supply.

[edit] Diagnosis

CAT scan (computed axial tomography) is the definitive tool for accurate diagnosis of an intracranial hemorrhage.

[edit] Classification

Types of intracranial hemorrhage are roughly grouped into intra-axial and extra-axial.

[edit] Intra-axial hemorrhage

Intra-axial hemorrhage is bleeding within the brain itself. This category includes:

• Intraparenchymal hemorrhage, or bleeding within the brain tissue.
• Intraventricular hemorrhage, bleeding within the brain's ventricles (particularly of premature infants).

[edit] Extra-axial hemorrhage

Extra-axial hemorrhage, bleeding that occurs within the skull but outside of the brain tissue, falls into three subtypes:

• Epidural hemorrhage is caused by trauma, and results from laceration of an artery, most commonly the middle meningeal artery. This is a very dangerous type of injury because the bleed is from a high-pressure system and deadly increases in intracranial pressure can result rapidly.
  • Patients have a loss of consciousness (LOC), then a lucid interval, then sudden deterioration (vomiting, restlessness, LOC)
  • Head CT shows lenticular (convex) deformity.
• Subdural hemorrhage results from tearing of the bridging veins in the subdural space between the dura and arachnoid mater.
  • Head CT shows crescent-shaped deformity
• Subarachnoid hemorrage, like intraparenchymal hemorrhage, can result either from trauma or from ruptures of aneurysms or arteriovenous malformations. Blood is seen layering into the brain along sulci and fissures, or filling cisterns (most often the suprasellar cistern because of the presence of the vessels of the circle of Willis and their branchpoints within that space). The classic presentation of subarachnoid hemorrhage is the sudden onset of a severe headache. This can be a very dangerous entity, and requires emergent neurosurgical evaluation, and sometimes urgent intervention.

[edit] References

1. ^ Kushner D (1998). "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Toward Understanding Manifestations and Treatment". Archives of Internal Medicine 158 (15): 1617–1624. PMID 9701095. 

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[edit] External links

• DOCTOR:Intracranial_Haemorrhages

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