Description
A brain cut to show a massive left-sided cerebral haemorrhage. The convolutions, particularly on
the left, are flattened; the ventricular system is distorted, and there is a large area of haemorrhage
in the left caudate nucleus extending into the ventricular system.
History
This woman was admitted to hospital at the age of 57, following collapse while pushing
a stalled car; she had a right hemiplegia and was aphasic. She died some six hours after admission.
At autopsy, the heart weighed 630 g., and the kidneys showed, on microscopy, hypertensive
arteriolar changes.