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Form of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH).
- 10% of intracerebral haemorrhages (ICH)
Epidemiology
- Mortality rate: 30-90% | PH is the most pernicious form of ICH
- Predictors of mortality:
- Level of consciousness on admission
- Haemorrhage size

Classification

Aetiology
- Long-standing poorly-controlled chronic hypertension
Clinical features
- Deep coma
- Quadriparesis and multiple cranial nerve dysfunction
- Decerebrate rigidity
- Pinpoint pupils
- Hyperpnea, hyperpyrexia, severe hypertension, and hyperhidrosis