Brain death

Case contributed by Gagandeep Singh , 24 Apr 2015
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 24 Oct 2019

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Brain deathAbsent intracranial uptake of tracer.

Updates to Case Attributes

Body was changed:

Absent intracranial uptake of tracer is consistent with brain death.

  • -<p>Absent intracranial uptake of tracer.</p>
  • +<p>Absent intracranial uptake of tracer is consistent with <a title="Brain death" href="/articles/brain-death-2">brain death</a>.</p>

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