Hypertension-Related Cerebral Microbleeds

Sujan T Reddy; Sean I Savitz

doi:10.1159/000508760

Hypertension-Related Cerebral Microbleeds

Case Rep Neurol. 2020 Sep 10;12(3):266-269. doi: 10.1159/000508760. eCollection 2020 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Sujan T Reddy¹, Sean I Savitz¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Hypertension and cerebral amyloid angiopathy are the most common causes of cerebral microbleeds. The pattern of microbleeds on T2*-weighted gradient echo sequence of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain can be indicative of the etiology of intracerebral hemorrhage. We describe a case of cerebellar hemorrhage with cerebral microbleeds secondary to chronic hypertension.

Keywords: Cerebral microhemorrhage; Hypertension; Intracerebral hemorrhage.

Publication types

Case Reports