Practical Pearl: Use of MRI to Differentiate Pseudo-subarachnoid Hemorrhage from True Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Allen L Ho¹, Eric S Sussman¹, Arjun V Pendharkar¹, Michael Iv², Karen G Hirsch^{1

3}, Nancy J Fischbein^{1

2

3}, Robert L Dodd^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr. MC5327, Stanford, CA, 94303, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr. MC5327, Stanford, CA, 94303, USA. robdodd@stanford.edu.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA. robdodd@stanford.edu.

Review

Allen L Ho et al. Neurocrit Care. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;29(1):113-118.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0547-3.

Allen L Ho¹, Eric S Sussman¹, Arjun V Pendharkar¹, Michael Iv², Karen G Hirsch^{1

3}, Nancy J Fischbein^{1

2

3}, Robert L Dodd^{4

5}

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr. MC5327, Stanford, CA, 94303, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr. MC5327, Stanford, CA, 94303, USA. robdodd@stanford.edu.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA. robdodd@stanford.edu.

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