title: Case report of a soldier with primary blast brain injury.
abstract: Primary blast injury of the central nervous system is described in a service-member exposed to a large ordinance explosion. Neuroimaging abnormalities are described together with normalization of the fractional anisotrophy on diffusion tensor imaging after follow-up imaging studies.
authors.affiliation: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Building 1, Room B207, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington DC 20309-5001, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Warden
authors.forename: Louis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shupenko
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fargus
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riedy
authors.forename: Marleigh E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jaffee
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D054042:Bombs; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel