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Fornix Injury in a Patient With Diffuse Axonal Injury

Fornix Injury in a Patient With Diffuse Axonal Injury IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY IFFUSE AXONAL gery in a university hospital. The isotropy of less than 0.2 at an angle injury (DAI) is patient lost consciousness for 45 greater than 45°. Fiber tracts pass- characterized by days after the injury. Brain mag- ing through both regions of inter- widespread axonal netic resonance imaging, including est (anterior and middle body of for- D damage due to diffusion tensor imaging, was per- nix) were designated as the final shearing forces by acceleration, de- formed 30 months after the injury areas of interest. We recruited a 41- celeration, or rotation of the brain. and showed leukomalactic lesions at year-old right-handed man with- Diffuse axonal injury is the most the isthmus of the corpus callosum out a neurological disease history as frequent cause of poor clinical out- and the cingulate gyrus (Figure). a control subject. The DTT results comes in patients with traumatic He showed severe memory impair- of the patient showed that the pos- brain injury. However, conven- ments (total intelligence quotient on terior body of the fornix was dis- tional brain magnetic resonance the Wechsler Adult Intelligence rupted compared with that of the imaging is not sufficiently sensitive Scale, 114; total score http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Neurology American Medical Association

Fornix Injury in a Patient With Diffuse Axonal Injury

JAMA Neurology , Volume 66 (11) – Nov 1, 2009

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Publisher
American Medical Association
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Copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6149
eISSN
2168-6157
DOI
10.1001/archneurol.2009.242
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19901181
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Abstract

IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY IFFUSE AXONAL gery in a university hospital. The isotropy of less than 0.2 at an angle injury (DAI) is patient lost consciousness for 45 greater than 45°. Fiber tracts pass- characterized by days after the injury. Brain mag- ing through both regions of inter- widespread axonal netic resonance imaging, including est (anterior and middle body of for- D damage due to diffusion tensor imaging, was per- nix) were designated as the final shearing forces by acceleration, de- formed 30 months after the injury areas of interest. We recruited a 41- celeration, or rotation of the brain. and showed leukomalactic lesions at year-old right-handed man with- Diffuse axonal injury is the most the isthmus of the corpus callosum out a neurological disease history as frequent cause of poor clinical out- and the cingulate gyrus (Figure). a control subject. The DTT results comes in patients with traumatic He showed severe memory impair- of the patient showed that the pos- brain injury. However, conven- ments (total intelligence quotient on terior body of the fornix was dis- tional brain magnetic resonance the Wechsler Adult Intelligence rupted compared with that of the imaging is not sufficiently sensitive Scale, 114; total score

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JAMA NeurologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 2009

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