Head injury

Curr Opin Neurol Neurosurg. 1991 Dec;4(6):864-6.

Abstract

Obliteration of mesencephalic cisterns, midline shift, subdural and epidural hematomas, shearing injuries involving the brainstem and/or interpeduncular cistern, fractures of the sphenoid body and/or clivus, as well as perfusion defects larger than the intracerebral hematoma have been identified in the recent literature as findings indicative of poor outcome in patients with head injury.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / adverse effects
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed