Dear Sirs, A 71-year-old right-handed woman presented with a severe global aphasia due to an acute left basal ganglia hemorrhage. CT brain showed a 20 × 40 × 50 mm hemorrhage in the left basal ganglia (Fig. 1 a Axial CT brain shows an acute left basal ganglia hemorrhage (20 mm × 40 mm × 50 mm; red arrowhead). b Axial MRI FLAIR confirms the basal ganglia hemorrhage and shows no ischemia or hemorrhage involving the overlying cortex (white arrowhead). c Axial MRI SWI shows blooming artifact in the left basal ganglia consistent with hemorrhage without extension to the cortex or additional areas of microhemorrhage (white arrow). [Extracted from the article]