Intracranial Haemorrhage in Disorders of Blood Coagulation

Abstract

Summary The chief disorders of blood coagulation are discussed as predisposing or complicating factors in intracranial haemorrhage. Six cases of intracranial haemorrhage associated with various coagulation defects (haemophilia, hypoprothrombinaemia, and platelet deficiencies) are presented. Their management is discussed. If the coagulation defect can be corrected or controlled, there is a reasonable possibility that surgical evacuation may be successful, especially when the haema‐toma is superficially situated.

Multiple Congenital Coagulation Deficiencies

“…The case is also of some clinical interest as an example of the occasional important relation between traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and coagulation defect. It has already been briefly reported in that connexion (Simpson and Robson, 1960).…”