Computer tomography of the brain and spectrophotometry of the CSF in cerebral concussion and contusion.
Computer tomography (CT) and spectrophotometry of CSF were performed in 30 patients with the clinical diagnosis of cerebral concussion or contusion. The patients with concussion all had normal CT-findings. Spectrophotometry of CSF was sometimes positive for cerebral contusion with normal CT-findings, but the two methods were complementary so that the extent of the lesion was determined by CT and spectrophotometry of CSF indicated the cause.
D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003288:Contusions / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed