Putamen Hemorrhage Definition in Medical Conditions Dictionary

Putamen Hemorrhage:

Bleeding into the PUTAMEN, a BASAL GANGLIA nucleus. This is a relatively common site of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage and is associated with chronic 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.

Terms Related to Putamen Hemorrhage

Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage
Extravasation of blood into a basal ganglia nucleus (e.g., caudate, globus pallidus, amygdala, putamen, and claustrum). Clinical manifestations may include acute hemiparesis, movement disorders, headache ...
Basal Ganglia Disorder
Diseases of the BASAL GANGLIA including the PUTAMEN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; claustrum; AMYGDALA; and CAUDATE NUCLEUS. DYSKINESIAS (most notably involuntary movements and alterations of the rate ...
Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage within the intracranial or spinal subarachnoid space, most often resulting from INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM rupture or CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (see also SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC). Clinical features ...

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Putamen Hemorrhage Definition

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Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage

Basal Ganglia Disorder

Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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