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Putaminal Hemorrhage

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Definition: Intracranial bleeding into the PUTAMEN, a BASAL GANGLIA nucleus. This is associated with 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.     
See Also Putamen 		Other names Putamen Hemorrhage; Hemorrhage, Putaminal; Brain Hemorrhages, Putaminal; Putaminal Hematoma; Hemorrhage, Putamen; Brain Hemorrhage, Putaminal

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