ABSTRACT

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CASE 41

He gave a past history of hypertension. The MRIs in Figures 41-1 and 2 show a

moderate amount of hematoma in the left thalamus. The signal intensity is reduced around the hematoma in the 31P, ATP, PME, Pi, and PCr

CASE 41: A 58-year-old male metabolite images in Figures 41-3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (left Figures 41-9 and 41-10 show the 31P spectra of thalamic hemorrhage) on the day of the stroke the hematoma area and an area opposite the

The patient presented with sudden onset of hematoma. Note the general reduction in the right hemiparesis and consciousness disturbance. signal intensities in the hematoma area.