Influence of Cerebral Oedema in Intracerebral Haemorrhage

Inclusion criteria

• With a spontaneous ICH, i.e. non traumatic
• Admitted within 12 hours of stroke onset. For wake-up strokes, time of last seen well will be considered as stroke onset
• Patient insured under the French social security
• Consent form signed

Exclusion criteria

• Pure intraventricular haemorrhages
• "secondary" ICH: ICH resulting from intracranial vascular malformation, intracranial venous thrombosis, head trauma or tumour; haemorrhagic transformation within an infarct
• Pre-admission modified Rankin score of 4 or 5
• Life expectancy of less than 1 year related to comorbidities (end stage cancer, end stage organ failure)
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding or Women of childbearing age without effective contraception (a pregnancy test will be done)
• Adults who are deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision
• Referral from other hospitals
• Contra-indication to MRI : claustrophobia, ocular metallic foreign bodies (accidental or other) or in a risk area (nervous or vascular system);irremovable implanted medical device (pacemaker, neurostimulator, cochlear implants and others);metallic heart valve (mainly old heart valves) or vascular clips previously implanted on cranial aneurysms; gadolinium allergy
• No consent form