Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: [Email]
It is well known that early hematoma expansion is associated with short-term prognosis of patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). And spot sign is recognized as a reliable computed tomography angiography (CTA) predictor for early hematoma expansion. Recently, island sign is also reported as a novel computed tomography (CT) predictor for early hematoma growth. Here, we compared the predictive abilities of these two signs for short-term outcomes of ICH patients.