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Sudden Headache Associated With Unilateral Asterixis
Author(s) -
AlvarezCermeño J.C.,
MartinezCastrillo J.C.,
Gobernado J.M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1988.hed2805352.x
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomography , hematoma , radiology , anesthesia , surgery
SYNOPSIS In a patient presenting with sudden headache and right unilateral asterixis, a computed tomography scan (CT) showed a left thalamic hematoma. This and other four similar cases reported previously, indicate that the acute development of headache and focal asterixis should alert the clinician to the possibility of an intracranial hemorrhage.