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Anoxic brain injury

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Status post cardiac arrest.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male

72 hours later

ct

At presentation:

No gross abnormality. 

ct

At 72 hours:

Lost differentiation between cortex and white matter and diffuse hypodensity of the brain parenchyma, also including the basal ganglia and cerebellum. 

Case Discussion


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