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KMID : 0385920110220050575
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2011 Volume.22 No. 5 p.575 ~ p.579
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Two Cases of Post Traumatic Cerebral Infarction in Head Injury
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Kim Sun-Pyo
Choo Dae-Hyuk
Lee Gang-Wook
Kim Woo-Hyung
Park Yong-Jin
Kim Seong-Jung
Cho Soo-Hyung
Cho Nam-Soo
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Abstract
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We present cases of post traumatic infarction after head injury. Two patients were admitted to our emergency room after traffic accidents. They developed neurological deficiency after a few hours to days after the accidents. In both cases, an initial computed tomography scan of the head was normal. A follow-up computed tomography obtained later revealed a hypodense lesion at cerebral hemisphere and a diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging disclosed an area of infarction. The patients were conservatively medicated. One patient died due to a medical complication and the other patient fully recovered in several weeks. Hospital admission, careful observation and early diffusion-weighted magnetic
resonance examination should be considered for patients with persistent neurological deficits.
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KEYWORD
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Head injury, Infarction
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