Showing posts with label Trauma CT brain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trauma CT brain. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 December 2016

Diffuse Axonal Injury CT Brain



Diffuse Axonal Injury

Findings:

  • Diffuse brain swelling, focal punctate hemorrhage scattered in the white matter, corpus callosum, and brain stem.
  • Right subgaleal hematoma.

Due to diffuse shearing injury, sudden deceleration (MVA)

Hemorrhage best seen on MRI GRE sequence.