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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.
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