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Cerebellar Hemorrhage: Multimedia

Author: J Stephen Huff, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Neurology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
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Updated: Dec 11, 2008

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Large hemorrhage of cerebellar vermis.Media file 1: Large hemorrhage of cerebellar vermis.
Large hemorrhage of cerebellar vermis.

Large hemorrhage of cerebellar vermis.

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Further Reading

Keywords

CH, cerebellar bleeding, intracerebellar hemorrhage, stroke of the cerebellum, stroke, computed tomography, head CT, cranial CT

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

J Stephen Huff, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Neurology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
J Stephen Huff, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Draga Jichici, BSc, MD, FRCP, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
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Howard S Kirshner, MD, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Stroke Center; Program Director, Stroke Service, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital; Consulting Staff, Department of Neurology, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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