[Morphology of primary and secondary hemorrhages into the brain stem]

On the basis of morphological examinations of 5 cases of primary and 15 cases of secondary hemorrhages to the brain stem histological characteristics of those hemorrhages are presented. A high frequency of preceding disorders of the brain stem circulation in the forms of infarctions at various stages of development, perivascular hemorrhages and cysts due to changes (mostly of hypertensive origin) in the cerebral arterie is noted. These changes are regarded as factors promoting the spreading, and, possibly, the development of primary hemorrhages to the stem, as well as aggravating the degree of the circulatory impairment when the pathological focus develops in the supratentorial space of the brain.