• AJR Am J Roentgenol · Apr 1980

    Case Reports

    CT of brainstem injury.

    • F Y Tsai, J S Teal, M F Quinn, H H Itabashi, J E Huprich, J Ahmadi, and H D Segall.
    • AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1980 Apr 1; 134 (4): 717-23.

    AbstractCranial computed tomography (CT) scans of 1,600 head trauma patients, 67 of which demonstrated evidence of brainstem injury, were reviewed. CT diagnosis of brainstem injury was based on direct and indirect evidence. Direct signs, which include focal hemorrhage, significant intraparenchymal contrast enhancement, hemorrhagic contusion, and edema of the brainstem, appear as areas of high density, mixed density, and low density on the CT scan. Indirect signs are obliteration of the pontine, cerebellopontine angle, and perimesencephalic cisterns. Mortality and morbidity rates after brainstem injury are 2-3 times greater than for head trauma with descending transtentorial herniation, but without brainstem injury.

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