CASE HISTORY:
50-year-old patient, unconscious
after a severe craniocerebral trauma.



FINDINGS:
The
unenhanced control CT-scan (i.e. without contrast administration) after about a week shows: Hyperdense (60-80HE) bifrontal intracerebral
mass (predominantly on the left) with surrounding hypodense (20-30 HE) rim. Hyperdense areas between the hemispheres. Asymmetric appearance of the ventricular system. Slight frontal midline shift to the right.


DIAGNOSIS:
Not quite fresh left-sided frontal contusion hemorrhage, slightly also on the right. Perifocal edema and subarachnoid hemorrhage.


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Hemorrhagic insult
Tumor
Abscess

 





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