Cerebral hemorrhages are mainly seen in the area of the central matter of putamen, temporal lobe, parietal lobe or frontal lobe, thalamus, cerebellar hemisphere and pons in the brainstem. Hypertension related intracranial hemorrhages are most commonly seen in basal ganglia. The etiology of the hemorrhages are hypertension, vascular anomalies, vasculopaties, hematological disease, tumors, anticoagulant drugs. Besides hypertension, methanol or ethylene glycol intoxication, neonatal asphyxia, migraine and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma are also related with this condition. In this case report we discuss a patient with hypertension and diabetes mellitus who developed bilateral intracerebral hemorrhages of the basal ganglia.
Keywords: Bilateral basal ganglion hemorrhage, hypertension, diabetes mellitus