Positional shift of intraventricular blood clots demonstrated by computed tomography.
Computed tomography with the patient in the prone position was employed to obtain information in a case of intraventricular hematoma secondary to arteriovenous maliformation. A gravitational shift in the position of the intraventricular blood clots was demonstrated by a scan obtained with the patient in the brow-down position. Consideration is given to the possible use of the "prone EMI scan" for other intracranial problems of differential diagnosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray