Two recovered cases of large pontine hematoma.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Unnithan, Ajaya Kumar Ayyappan
- Source
- Neurology & Clinical Neuroscience. Mar2023, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p90-92. 3p.
- Subject
- *HEMATOMA
*GLASGOW Coma Scale
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*PROGNOSIS
*ARTIFICIAL respiration
- Language
- ISSN
- 2049-4173
The comatose patients with pontine hemorrhage of diameter greater than 2 cm have poor prognosis. A 59‐year‐old male was brought with Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score of E2M5V2. He was mechanically ventilated. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a pontine hematoma, of size 3 cm. He improved. Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) score was five. A 57‐year‐old male was brought with GCS score E1M3V1. He was ventilated. MRI scan showed a pontine hematoma of size 2.8 cm. His GOS score was three at 6 months. This is a report of two survived cases of large pontine hematoma with poor prognostic factors. This is the first report of good recovery with large pontine hematoma to GOS 5. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]