title: Diffuse axonal injury with brainstem localisation: report of a case in a mild head injured patient.
abstract: The authors present the case of a 26-yrs-old woman admitted into our hospital after a severe polytrauma with a mild head injury. CT scanning disclosed two small hemorrhages located in her brainstem and mesial temporal lobe. After splenectomy the patient made a full recovery without neurological sequelae. Radiological signs of diffuse axonal injury even in the brainstem may be present in a clinically mild head injury.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, FO, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Servadei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vergoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fagioli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arista
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zappi
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001369:Axons; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries; D013156:Splenectomy; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed