Diseases

Putaminal Hemorrhage

Intracranial bleeding into the PUTAMEN, a BASAL GANGLIA nucleus. This is associated with HYPERTENSION and lipohyalinosis of small blood vessels in the putamen. Clinical manifestations vary with the size of hemorrhage, but include HEMIPARESIS; HEADACHE; and alterations of consciousness.

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Intracranial bleeding into the PUTAMEN, a BASAL GANGLIA nucleus. This is associated with HYPERTENSION and lipohyalinosis of small blood vessels in the putamen. Clinical manifestations vary with the size of hemorrhage, but include HEMIPARESIS; HEADACHE; and alterations of consciousness.

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  • Brain Hemorrhage, Putaminal
  • Hemorrhage, Putamen
  • Brain Hemorrhages, Putaminal
  • Hemorrhage, Putaminal
  • Putamen Hemorrhage
  • Putaminal Hematoma

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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  • Cerebral Hemorrhage (1966-1999)
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1999)
  • Putamen (1976-1999)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Putaminal Hemorrhage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020146. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020146
  2. Putaminal Hemorrhage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40943411