[Global cerebral ischemic findings in a woman who attempted to commit suicide by hanging].
We will discuss clinical and radiological findings of a woman who attempted suicide by hanging. We report a 19-year-old women attempted suicide by hanging herself. There was no known period of global brain ischemia. She had a score of 7 on the Glasgow coma scale. CT scan showed bitemporal hippocampal atrophy and SPECT showed non-activated area on right temporal and temporo-occipital regions. There has been few reports relating to the involvement of the brain as documented on CT and SPECT. Hanging leads to global hypoxic damage resulting in hypo-perfusion changes mainly cerebral in temporal lobes and atrophy.
Akdemir
Gökhan
G
Ankara Numune Teaching and Training Hospital, II. Clinics of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey. gokhanakdemir@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed