Unusual Presentation of Diffuse Axonal Injury: A Case Report

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is the microscopic axonal injury in the brain’s neural pathways, corpus callosum, and brainstem, which has been linked to a major increase in morbidity and mortality. Patients present acutely with no lucid interval, abnormal pupil response, and decerebrate or decorticate...

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Autores principales: Alkhalifah, Ahmed, Alkhalifa, Mohammed, Alzoayed, Mohammed, Alfaraj, Dunya, Makhdom, Rawan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9741487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514627
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31336
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Sumario:Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is the microscopic axonal injury in the brain’s neural pathways, corpus callosum, and brainstem, which has been linked to a major increase in morbidity and mortality. Patients present acutely with no lucid interval, abnormal pupil response, and decerebrate or decorticate posture. In this case report, we report on an 11-year-old girl who was agitated, crying, vomiting, had one episode of seizure, and had poor communication as a result of a high-risk mechanism side-impact motor vehicle collision (MVC).

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