False positive appearance of subarachnoid hemorrhage on CT with bilateral subdural hematomas.
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.
Huang
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Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abe
T
T
Ochiai
S
S
Kojima
K
K
Tanaka
N
N
Zhang
Y
Y
Nishimura
H
H
Hayabuchi
N
N
Norbash
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AM
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