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Basic Approch To CT Brain
Basic Approch To CT Brain
Basic Approch To CT Brain
• Hyperdense biconvex
• Usually uniformly high density but may contain hypodense foci due to
active bleeding.
• Extradural
• Usually does not cross suture lines where the dura tightly adheres to
the adjacent skull.
• Biconvex epidural hematoma
(arrowheads), deep to the
parietal skull fracture (arrow).
Diffuse Axonal Injury
• “Shear injury“.
• Fifty percent of all primary intra-axial injuries are diffuse axonal
injuries.
• Acceleration, deceleration and rotational forces cause portions of the
brain with different densities to move relative to each other resulting
in the deformation and tearing of axons.
• An ill-defined areas of high density or hemorrhage in characteristic
locations.
Hemorrhage in the corpus callosum (arrow). Hemorrhage of the posterior limb of the
internal capsule (arrow) and hemorrhage
of the thalamus (arrowhead).
Cerebral Contusion
• Hydrocephalus
• Ventriculitis / Ependymitis
• Subdural effusion
• Subdural empyema
• Cerebritis / Abscess
• Vasospasm / arterial infarcts
• Venous thrombosis / venous infarcts
•
Hydrocephalus
Ventriculitis / Ependymitis
ll-defined low density in the right frontal post contrast administration in the same
region. patient reveals patchy
enhancement, a portion of which is crossing
the corpus callosum (arrow).
Meningioma