Table 4.

Thalamic haemorrhage. Series reported in the literature

Author, year [reference]	Patients	Type of study	Frequency intracerebral haemorrhages (%)	Ventricular Extension (%)	Ventricular extension as predictor of in-hospital death	In-hospital mortality (%)
Walshe, 1977 [14]	18	Clinical series		66
Barraquer-Bordas, 1981 [15]	23	Clinical series		50		39
Kwak, 1983 [26]	29	Clinical series			No
Weisberg, 1986 [24]	50	Clinical series		38	Yes	38
Steinke, 1992 [25]	44	Stroke data bank		47.7	Yes	31.8
Kumral, 1995 [13]	100	Stroke data bank	25.6	57	Yes	25
Mori, 1995 [22]	104	Clinical series		44	No	17.3 (6 months)
Lampl, 1995 [27]*	52	Clinical series		63.5	No	36.6 (6 moths)
Chung, 1996 [23]	175	Clinical series			†	37
Shah, 2005 [30]	53	Clinical series		66.6	No	15.7
Present series, 2007	47	Hospital-based stroke registry	13	42.6	Yes	19.1

*11 patients with thalamo-capsular haemorrhages and 41 patients with isolated thalamic haemorrhages

^†Presence of dense blood clot in the third ventricle in a CT scan indicate a poor outcome