Table 2 Differences between spontaneous and traumatic SAH [12]
From: The puzzle of spontaneous versus traumatic intracranial hemorrhages
Etiology | SICH | TICH |
|---|---|---|
Common age of presentation | Elderly | Young or middle-aged |
Associated features | Intraventricular extension, SAH | Skull fracture, subdural extra-dural hemorrhage, SAH, contusion |
Clinical features | Varies according to the location of hematoma | Disproportionate to the location of hematoma on account of associated multiple brain injury and countercoup phenomenon |
Deep coma | Common | Less common |
Seizures at presentation | Less common | Common |
Common location of bleed | Subcortical > cortical | Cortical > subcortical |
Prognosis | 1/3 have good outcomes | 2/3 have good outcomes |