Thalamic hemorrhage

What it means

Bleeding in the thalamus.

Thalamic hemorrhage may be observed in individuals with hypertension. In both the acute and chronic phases of bleeding, prominent susceptibility effect, seen as hypointense blooming on sequences, is typically seen upon magnetic resonance imaging.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category