title: The significance of haematomas of the basal ganglia in closed head injury.
abstract: In a large series of patients with severe closed head injury, 26 (3.2%) had haematomas of the basal ganglia. It is suggested that such haematomas indicate primary brain damage, being part of the spectrum of lesions that may be seen in diffuse axonal injury. Clinical outcome was found to depend on the pattern of brain damage, notably on the additional presence of contusions or of other computed tomographic (CT) evidence of diffuse axonal injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Colquhoun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*