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(A) CT scan at a level corresponding to the mid-thalamus, showing the hemorrhage located laterally to the posterior limb of the internal capsule. (B) CT scan with hemorrhage at the level of the left putamen, its posterior aspect is adjacent to the posterior part of the posterior limb of the internal capsule, and the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle compressed.
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Brain computed tomographic scan showed a small hematoma in the left putaminal region occurring in the territory of the posterior branches of lateral lenticulostriate arteries, the area of decreased attenuation surrounding the hematoma represents edema and the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle compressed (Fig 1.A, B).