This axial (cross-sectional) CT image of the brain in a patient who sustained severe head injury shows diffuse cerebral edema as noted by decreased density (darker than normal),loss of visualization of sulci,and small ventricles. Loss of autoregulation of cerebral vasculature contributes to this appearance. The white structure in the brain is an extra ventricular drainage catheter,put in place both to monitor intracranial pressure and to drain CSF from the ventricle,controlling elevated pressures | |
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