title: False positive appearance of subarachnoid hemorrhage on CT with bilateral subdural hematomas.
abstract: We describe a patient with bilateral traumatic subdural hematomas in whom CT findings of hyperattenuation in the basal cisterns and subarachnoid spaces falsely suggested superimposed acute subarachnoid hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Norbash
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed