HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Correspondence: Submit a response Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when Correspondence are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by van Gijn, J. Articles by van Dongen, K. J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by van Gijn, J. Articles by van Dongen, K. J.

Computerized tomography in subarachnoid hemorrhage

Difference between patients with and without an aneurysm on angiography

Departments of Neurology (Dr. van Gijn) and Radiology (Dr. van Dongen), University Hospital Rotterdam (Dijkzigt), the Netherlands.

Fifty patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage were investigated by both computerized tomography (CT), within 5 days of onset, and complete cerebral angiography. CT showed blood in the basal cisterns in 38 of the 42 patients with a demonstrable aneurysm, but in only 1 of 8 patients with a negative angiogram (p < 0.001). This means that: (1) blood in the basal cisterns on CT almost certainly indicates a ruptured aneurysm, and (2) unexplained subarachnoid hemorrhages are unlikely to be caused by occult basal aneurysms.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. van Gijn, Department of Neurology, Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Accepted for publication August 22, 1979

This article has been cited by other articles:

				C. A. Hellingman, W. M. van den Bergh, I. S. Beijer, G. W. van Dijk, A. Algra, J. van Gijn, and G. J.E. Rinkel Risk of Rebleeding After Treatment of Acute Hydrocephalus in Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Stroke, January 1, 2007; 38(1): 96 - 99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. van Gijn and G. J. E. Rinkel Subarachnoid haemorrhage: diagnosis, causes and management Brain, February 1, 2001; 124(2): 249 - 278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Thie, K. Spitzer, and K. Kunze Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Assessment of Prognosis and Initial Management in the Intensive Care Unit J Intensive Care Med, March 1, 1987; 2(2): 103 - 115. [Abstract] [PDF]