Cerebral oedema

Case contributed by Orsolya Lajos , 28 Sep 2020
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bálint Botz, 28 Sep 2020

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 43 to 45 years.
Presentation was changed:
suddenSudden chest pain, reanimationresuscitation.
Body was changed:

The patient hadCT scan demonstrates irreversible cerebral edema and brain death.

  • -<p>The patient had brain death.</p>
  • +<p>The CT scan demonstrates irreversible cerebral edema and brain death.</p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Closed sulcusesCompressed sulci, the border of the grey- and white matter is not cleanblurred. The ventricles are thin, symmetric. Intracranial haemorrhage, ischemia isare not detected.  After contrast, there is no enhancingenhancement.

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