<prompt> Which of the following is the commonest location of hypertensive hemorrhage:PonsThalamusPutamenexternal capsuleCerebellum  <response>: Ans. is c i.e. Putamen internal capsule See Medicine Nov. 2002 Q. No. 106Most common site of hypertensive hemorrhage is -Basal Ganglia Putamen, thalamus adjacent deep white matterAlso RememberM.C. intracranial hemorrhageIntracerebral or intraparenchymal hemorrhageM.C. cause of intracerebral hemorrhageHypertension due to rupture of small penetrating arteries. M.C. cause of subarachnoid HaemorrhageTrauma IInd rupture Berrys aneurysm 