Bilateral cortical atrophy after severe brain trauma and extradural homatoma Atrofia cortical bilateral após traumatismo cranioencefálico grave e hematoma extradural

Bilateral cortical atrophy after severe brain trauma and extradural homatoma Atrofia cortical bilateral após traumatismo cranioencefálico grave e hematoma extradural

We report the case of a severe head injured 43-year old male patient with a large extradural hematoma, Glasgow Coma Scale 3 and dilated fixed pupils. Patient was promptly submitted to surgical evacuation of the lesion, but remained in persistent vegetative state in the post-operative time. Head comp...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto Louzada, Rafael Pereira Vaitsman, Arthur Borges Martins de Souza, Pedro de Oliveira Coutinho, Renata Teixeira Lengruber, Francisco Weldes Brito das Neves, Herbert Missaka, Marco Aurélio Albuquerque Lima, José Massoud Salame
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
atrofia cerebral
hematoma extradural
hematoma epidural
traumatismo craniano grave
injúria secundária
brain atrophy
extradural hematoma
epidural hematoma
severe head injury
secondary injury
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