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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 | 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 non-traumatic causes (as occurs in [[hemorrhagic stroke]]) such as a ruptured [[aneurysm]] (ballooning [[blood vessel]]). | ||
==== Extradural Hemorrhage ==== | ==== Extradural Hemorrhage ==== | ||
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* [[Arteriovenous malformation]] | * [[Arteriovenous malformation]] | ||
* [[Brain tumor]] | * [[Brain tumor]] | ||
* [[Fibromuscular | * [[Fibromuscular dysplasia]] (FMD) | ||
* Hemorrhagic diathesis | * Hemorrhagic diathesis | ||
* [[Infections]] | * [[Infections]] |
Revision as of 16:28, 13 March 2013
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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 non-traumatic causes (as occurs in hemorrhagic stroke) such as a ruptured aneurysm (ballooning blood vessel).
Extradural Hemorrhage
- Rarely hemorrhage from a fracture gap, injured venous sinus or arachnoid villi
- Skull fracture
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- After cerebral infarction
- Aneurysm
- Angioma
- Anticoagulant medication
- Hypertension
- Perinatal hemorrhage
- Trauma
- Tumor
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Brain tumor
- Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)
- Hemorrhagic diathesis
- Infections
- Leukemia
- Mycotic aneurysm
- Other aneurysms
- Connective tissue diseases
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Ruptured intracerebral aneurysm
Subdural Hemorrhage
- Usually due to head injury