CHRONIC ENCAPSULATED INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA - A WELL-DEFINED DISEASE - REPORT ON 2 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma (CEIH) is a rare disease w hich is believed to be caused by angiographically negative vascular ma lformations. CEIH has the following characteristic findings: 1. It aff ects all age groups 2. Clinical symptoms progress slowly after sudden onset. 3. There is no correlation with arterial hypertension 4. Imagin g reveals a typical fibrous capsule with enclosed blood contents and s igns of recurrent bleedings 5. Cavernoma was identified histologically as the cause of bleeding in 30 % of cases 6. All patients had a prima ry diagnosis of intracerebral tumor To the best of our knowledge, 27 c ases have been reported in the literature. We now add cases, one of wh ich is the first in the available literature which was not operated an d could be followed by imaging.