Unusual Cause of Cognitive Impairment after a Traffic Accident.
- Author:
Chi Min PARK
1
,
2
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkawan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dr
2. park@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trauma;
Cognitive impairment;
Primary nervous system lymphoma
- MeSH:
Accidents, Traffic;
Brain Injuries;
Central Nervous System;
Delirium;
Diffuse Axonal Injury;
Humans;
Intracranial Hemorrhages;
Lymphoma;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Reperfusion Injury;
Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology
2011;24(2):151-154
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
In trauma patients, cognitive impairment may develop due to several causes: traumatic brain injury such as intracranial hemorrhage, diffuse axonal injury, hypoxic brain injury or reperfusion injury, the psychologic disorder, such as acute stress disorder, post-traumatic disorder or delirium. We describe a 62-year-old male with post-trauma cognitive impairment due to a primary central nervous system lymphoma.
