Brain death

Case contributed by Dr Gagandeep Singh

Diagnosis certain

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Citation:

Singh, G. Brain death. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 27 May 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-36192

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-36192

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https://radiopaedia.org/cases/36192?iframe=true

rID:

36192

Revisions:

7 times by 5 users - see full revision history

Published:

16th May 2015

System:

Forensic, Vascular, Central Nervous System

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Tag:

legacy case, legacy

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Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.

From the case: Brain death

Nuclear medicine

Absent intracranial uptake of tracer.

Case Discussion

Absent intracranial uptake of tracer is consistent with brain death.

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