CT Evalution and Clinical Course in Cerebral Contusion

ABSTRACT

This study includes 398 cases of cerebral contusion among 1137 cases of craniocerebral injury diagnosed by neurological finding and CT brain scan, who were admitted from January 1983 to June 1985 in our neurological department. 68 cases showed abnormalities on CT scanning, among these 48 cases were heterogenous hyperdensity with surrounding irregular marginated hypodensity, 26 cases midline shift, 13 cases local increased density, 9 cases recurrence of new lesion. The authors studied comparison and correlation of clinical course and CT finding of cerebral contusion.