視床出血の診断と治療に対する考察

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Diagnosis of thalamic hemorrhage has become more accurate by CT scan, and the precise location and extent of hematoma can be visualized preoperatively, as well as postoperatively, i.e. the follow-up study showing the outcome of hematoma and secondary changes of the brain is more readily available. Operative procedure for such a lesion should be reevaluated.
Thalamic hemorrhage constituted 27% of all hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhages in our series (the reported incidence was not so high).
According to CT findings (except for 3 cases with giant hematoma), we could classify their main locations into 3 types as follows; —1) anterior type — located in the anterior nuclear group of the thalamus — 2 cases, 2) medial type located in the medial nuclear group of the thalamus — 2 cases, 3) posterolateral type located in the lateral nuclear group of the thalamus — 5 cases. As to the extention of hematoma, we devided all cases into the following 5 types; Type I — localized in the thalamus, Type II — medially extending & perforating into the third ventricle, Type III — laterally extending into the internal capsule and the basal ganglia, Type IV — spreading into all directions, Type V giant hematoma. This classification was found useful in relation to the clinical picture, the operative decision, the choice of operative method and the postoperative prognosis.
The onset of the clinical picture was always sudden and included disturbance of consciousness and hemiparesis or hemiplegia. Of 8 cases which allowed a satisfactory clinical examination of sensory and motor function, only few cases showed signs of the thalamic syndrome. In 2 cases of giant hematoma with extensive spread, downward deviation of the eyeballs was noticed.
Surgery should be performed; with exceptions to the following conditions — 1) no agreement of family, 2) over 75 years of age, 3) already representing the symptoms of brain stem, 4) severe associated deseases, 5) mild case (mainly level of consciousness).
Based on CT findings the most suitable operative procedure should be adopted, — that is, only unilateral C.V.D. (continuous ventricular drainage) on localized type, bilateral or unilateral C.V.D. on medial type, trans-paracallosal approach on anterior type and posterolateral type, trans-temporal approach on lateral extention type, trans-paracallosal or trans-temporal approach combining irrigation-evacuation of the intraventricular clots on giant hematoma type and all extention type.
Out of 12 cases six survived, and 3 cases have useful life. Relatively better prognosis was obtained in medial type, and in posterolateral type, but giant hematoma type and all extention type resulted in the worst outcome. In marked lateral extention type of posterolateral type improvement of hemiplegia was not good. Except for the massive intraventricular hemorrhage, the prognosis was dependent on the grade of deterioration of the thalamus, hypothalamus, and the midbrain rather than the ventricular perforation. Even if hematoma was not so large, delayed surgical treatment for C.S.F. obstruction due to ventricular perforation carried the poor prognosis on mortality and morbidity.