Two Cases of Post Traumatic Cerebral Infarction in Head Injury.
- Author:
Sun Pyo KIM
1
;
Dae Hyuk CHOO
;
Gang Wook LEE
;
Woo Hyung KIM
;
Young Jin PARK
;
Seong Jung KIM
;
Soo Hyung CHO
;
Nam Soo CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. chosooh@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Head injury;
Infarction
- MeSH:
Accidents, Traffic;
Cerebral Infarction;
Cerebrum;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Emergencies;
Follow-Up Studies;
Head;
Humans;
Infarction;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2011;22(5):575-579
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We present cases of post traumatic infarction after head injury. Two patients were admitted to our emergency room after traffic accidents. They developed neurological deficiency after a few hours to days after the accidents. In both cases, an initial computed tomography scan of the head was normal. A follow-up computed tomography obtained later revealed a hypodense lesion at cerebral hemisphere and a diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging disclosed an area of infarction. The patients were conservatively medicated. One patient died due to a medical complication and the other patient fully recovered in several weeks. Hospital admission, careful observation and early diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance examination should be considered for patients with persistent neurological deficits.
