CT Manifestations of Diffuse Axonal Injury:A Report of 56 Cases
- VernacularTitle:弥漫性轴索损伤的CT表现
- Author:
Ling ZOU
;
Jiahe XIAO
;
Xiangping ZHOU
;
Jian QIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
diffuse axonal injury;
tomography,X-ray computed
- From:
Journal of Practical Radiology
2001;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To make a further recongnizing of the manifestations of diffuse axonal injury (DAI)on CT images for the early accurate clinical diagnosis.Methods The CT image data and its correlated clinic features of 56 cases with diffuse axonal injury(44 male,12 female)were analyzed retrospectively.In this series,43 cases were caused by traffic accident,13 by falling from high place.Results 1. 44 cases had haemorrhage lesions(less than 2 cm in diameter)in brain parenchyma which were at the corticomedullary junction,corpus callosum,brain stem,basal ganglia,internal capsule.2. 41 cases had subarachnoid and/or intraventricular hemorrhage 3. 9 cases had acute generalized brain swelling 4. 5 cases were associated with epidural hematoma and 16 with subdural hematoma.Conclusion CT manifestation of DAI have some featrues,and can provide reliable evidence for accurate clinic diagnosis of DAI.
