The clinical manifestations and computed tomographic (CT) findings of small @entity1779 ( @entity1779 ) were studied in 31 consecutive cases which comprised 6% of 520 cases of non-traumatic, non-neoplastic ICH confirmed by CT in a 3-year period. A small ICH was defined by CT as a sharply demarcated high density area with the maximum dimension not exceeding 20 mm and on no more than two contiguous 10-mm scan sections. The ages ranged from 50 to 85 years, being between 50 and 69 in about two thirds. Twenty-nine @entity1 (93%) were @entity101 . The haematoma was in the capsulothalamus (9 cases), thalamus (6 cases), capsuloputamen (6 cases), subthalmus (2 cases), internal capsule (2 cases) pons (4 cases), midbrain (1 case), and cerebellum (1 case). @entity10 (4 cases) and @entity391 (3 cases) were rare, whereas @entity1296 was rather frequent (16 cases). None had @entity909 . The essential clinical manifestations were @entity51 in 13 cases, pure @entity1269 in 6, pure @entity132 in 4, and @entity2358 in 2. Five @entity1 with @entity548 in the brain stem presented with various syndromes. None of the 31 cases had a fatal outcome directly due to the small @entity548 . Two @entity1 had recurrent @entity64 ; a small, deep @entity1188 in 1 and a large @entity548 in the other. Full neurological and functional recovery was made in 17 cases (56.7%), recovery with mild sequelae in 7 (23.3%) and little recovery in 6. Poor recovery was related to the location (pons), the age (above 75 years), and the presence of @entity2358 . Some clinical features common to @entity1188 and small @entity1779 were discussed, and the possibility of a combination of these two conditions in a same @entity101 @entity1 was raised. Small ICH as a type of benign, non-fatal @entity64 is not infrequent in communities where the incidence of @entity101 ICH is relatively high. CT scanning in the early stage of @entity64 even for @entity1 with mild @entity16 may enhance the detection rate of such small @entity1779 .

XXXX : a study of clinical manifestations and CT findings on 31 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertensive'] @entity132 :: ('MESH:D010468', 'Disease') :: ['sensory disturbance'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['haemorrhagic stroke', 'haemorrhage'] @entity1269 :: ('MESH:D010291', 'Disease') :: ['motor hemiparesis'] @entity2358 :: ('MESH:D020820', 'Disease') :: ['involuntary movements'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurological symptoms'] @entity391 :: ('MESH:D014839', 'Disease') :: ['vomiting'] @entity909 :: ('MESH:D014474', 'Disease') :: ['loss of consciousness'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['sensorimotor deficits'] @entity1188 :: ('MESH:D007238', 'Disease') :: ['infarct', 'lacunar infarcts'] @entity1296 :: ('MESH:D004244', 'Disease') :: ['dizziness'] @entity10 :: ('MESH:D006261', 'Disease') :: ['Headache'] @entity1779 :: ('MESH:D002543', 'Disease') :: ['ICHs', 'intracerebral haematomas']
@entity1779 :: (MESH:D002543,Disease) :: ['Small intracerebral haemorrhage']
