Abstract
The majority of brain stem hematomas is located within the pons [5]. Nowadays, these hematomas most often are clearly diagnosed by CT scan. Patients suffering from brain stem hematoma rarely show an acute onset of symptoms [1, 2, 8-ll, 18]. They tend to have a history of progressive or alternating neurological deficits. In most patients reported in the literature, surgical evacuation of the hematoma led to rapid clinical improvement [1, 2, 4, 6-ll, 13, 14, 16–18, 20].
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Schäfer, M., Richter, HP., Klein, H.J. (1986). Surgical Removal of an Intrapontine Hematoma. Case Report. In: Samii, M. (eds) Surgery in and around the Brain Stem and the Third Ventricle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71240-1_36
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