Hematomas of the lenticular nucleus and pons in a hypertensive patient
Hamasaki, T.; Huguchi, T.; Yamaki, T.; Yoshino, E.; Hirakawa, K.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 142(5): 550-552
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 3787059 Document Number: 272687
Secondary pontine hemorrhages are not rare in intracranial hypertension caused by a supratentorial mass lesion. Cerebral herniation and caudal dislocation of the brainstem account for the secondary pontine hemorrhages. In the present case, two unrelated hemorrhages were demonstrated by an early CT. Neurological findings and CT thus suggest that this is a rare case in which supratentorial and infratentorial hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhages occurred simultaneously.