Desmopressin Acetate in Intracranial Haemorrhage

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Spontaneous course of traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage with platelet aggregation inhibitor: 79-year-old patient hit by a car when walking in the city. On admission, he had a Glasgow Coma Score of 13. Findings on admission were left temporal contusion (a) which had increased in size after 24 hours (b). The patient then developed dysphasia. Although there was only a slight increase in size after a further 4 days, with the clinical condition remaining stable (c), an additional, relevant progression in size was noted on day 5 in the presence of seizures (d). Surgery was not performed since the patient never lost consciousness and did not develop severe hemiparesis.

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