Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Necropsy study spanning a year

Authors

  • Isabel González Alemán Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Idael Torres González Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Daniel Artiles Martínez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Noel Pedraza Alonso Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Claudia Roche Albernas Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

cerebrovascular disorders, cerebral hemorrhage, autopsy

Abstract

A review of 160 deceased cases with diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease and having undergone necropsy spanning a whole year was performed, in order to assess its mortality rates. A 35.6% of cases were diagnosed as intracerebral hemorrhage. The peak incidence was in the age above 60 years, and male gender was the most affected. The main cause of death was neurological in 45 cases and non-neurological in 12, being hypertension in 85.9% of cases and in only 14.1% other etiologies were involved. The most frequent location was putamen (42.1%), followed by thalamus (14%), cerebral and cerebellar hemisphere (12.2% each), centrum ovale white matter (10.5%), pons and caudatum (1.8% each). The predictive factors for a worse outcome were advanced age, hemorrhage size, the presence of ventricular flood and brain shifts.

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Author Biographies

Isabel González Alemán, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Profesora Asistente del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Idael Torres González, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Residente de Anatomía Patológica

Daniel Artiles Martínez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Residente de Anatomía Patológica

Noel Pedraza Alonso, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Residente de Anatomía Patológica

Claudia Roche Albernas, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Residente de Anatomía Patológica

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González Alemán I, Torres González I, Artiles Martínez D, Pedraza Alonso N, Roche Albernas C. Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Necropsy study spanning a year. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2007 May 1 [cited 2025 Jun. 28];1(1):22-30. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/315

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2007): May-August

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