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    This document provides guidance for reading and summarizing abnormal head CT scans. It lists the key areas and structures that should be examined and described in a report, including cranial and extracranial structures, ventricles and cisterns, brain parenchyma, and any lesions found. It also provides differential diagnoses for increased or decreased CT brain attenuation that may indicate conditions like hemorrhage, ischemia, infection, neoplasm, trauma, or edema.

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    This document provides guidance for reading and summarizing abnormal head CT scans. It lists the key areas and structures that should be examined and described in a report, including cranial and extracranial structures, ventricles and cisterns, brain parenchyma, and any lesions found. It also provides differential diagnoses for increased or decreased CT brain attenuation that may indicate conditions like hemorrhage, ischemia, infection, neoplasm, trauma, or edema.

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    Week 4 - Intro To Abnormal Head CT v3

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    Intro to Abnormal Head CT

    Renee B. Van Stavern, MD


    Neurology

    Abnormal head CT
    An order for reading scans
    Patient, date, type of scan, indication
    Quality of scan
    Cranial and extracranial structures
    (white spaces)
    Ventricles and cisterns
    (black spaces)
    Brain parenchyma
    Hemorrhage
    Lesions
    Describe lesions
    Location
    Dimensions
    Density
    Margins
    Contrast
    Effects
    Associated findings
    Temporal evolution

    Differential diagnosis
    Increased CT brain
    attenuation
    Hemorrhage (acute)
    Calcium
    Contrast
    Metal

    Decreased CT brain
    attenuation
    Ischemia
    Infection
    Neoplasm
    Trauma
    Edema
    Hemorrhage (old)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    Magic bullet E. Bailey
    Abscess of metal producing bacteria R. Azmeh
    Black Spaces!
    The CSF has leaked out
    M. Duvall
    Look for the presence
    of the absence M. Painschab
    Harned, Gladys CT 090502
    Koen, Bessie CT101202
    Koen, Bessie MR 101402
    Stanford, Fredrick CT 120902
    The Star of Death
    JP Shen
    5335 35M
    The End

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