Intracerebral hemorrhage differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]
Overview
Differential diagnosis
It is clinically difficult to distinguish an ICH from an ischemic stroke. However, the symptoms like headache, nausea, vomiting, and depressed level of consciousness should raise the suspicion for a hemorrhagic event compared to ischemic stroke.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Linn FH, Rinkel GJ, Algra A, van Gijn J (1998). "Headache characteristics in subarachnoid haemorrhage and benign thunderclap headache". J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 65 (5): 791–3. PMC 2170334. PMID 9810961.
- ↑ Markus HS (1991). "A prospective follow up of thunderclap headache mimicking subarachnoid haemorrhage". J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 54 (12): 1117–8. PMC 1014694. PMID 1783930.