title: CT and acute head trauma.
abstract: The value of CT in the management of 500 patients with head trauma is described. In these cases CT defined the effect of edema, contusion, subdural or epidural hematoma, or hydrocephalus.
mesh_terms: D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003243:Consciousness; D003288:Contusions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed