Case report of a soldier with primary blast brain injury.
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.
Warden
Deborah L
DL
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Building 1, Room B207, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington DC 20309-5001, USA.
French
Louis M
LM
Shupenko
Leslie
L
Fargus
Jamie
J
Riedy
Gerard
G
Erickson
Marleigh E
ME
Jaffee
Michael S
MS
Moore
David F
DF
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