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Brain Contusion

Aka: Brain Contusion

See Also
1. Head Injury
Pathophysiology
1. Severe Head Injury
Signs
1. General
  1. Focal neurologic deficits
  2. Prolonged coma
2. BrainstemContusion
  1. Decerebrate rigidity
  2. Unequal dilated pupils
  3. Coma
Imaging
1. CT Head (at presention and repeated in 12 hours)
  1. Cerebral Necrosis
  2. Edema
  3. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Management
1. Emergent Neurosurgical Consultation

Brain Contusion (C0149844)
Concepts	Injury or Poisoning (T037)
MSH	D001930
SnomedCT	34663006
English	BRAIN, CONTUSION, Contusion of brain, NOS, Brain Contusions, Contusion, Brain, Contusions, Brain, contusion brain, of brain contusion, contusion of brain, brain contusions, brain contusion, Brain contusion, Contusion of brain, Contusional brain injury, Contusion of brain (disorder), brain; contusion, contusion; brain, Brain Contusion
Italian	Contusione cerebrale
Japanese	脳挫傷, ﾉｳｻﾞｼｮｳ
Portuguese	Contusão Encefálica, Contusão cerebral
Spanish	Contusión Encefálica, Contusion Encefalica, conmoción encefálica (trastorno), conmoción encefálica, contusión encefálica (trastorno), contusión encefálica, Contusión cerebral
German	Hirnkontusion, Hirnprellung
Czech	Kontuze mozku
French	Contusion de l'encéphale, Contusion cérébrale, Contusion encéphalique
Hungarian	Contusio cerebri
Dutch	contusie; hersenen, hersenen; contusie, hersencontusie, Hersencontusie
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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This page was written by Scott Moses, MD, last revised on 1/23/2012 and last published on 5/10/2012.

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