The patient is a 49-year-old
African-American woman with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus who
was seen after experiencing numbness and tingling of the left leg for about one
day.
Systemic arterial blood pressure was 240/130. There was no weakness,
facial droop, visual change; no upper extremity or right lower extremity
sensory abnormality; no bowel or bladder dysfunction; no headache, fever,
shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, vertigo or
light-headedness, no back pain, and no history of seizures. A full discussion
of imaging of hemorrhage can be found here.
