Traumatic Brain Injury in a 39-Year-Old Man: Interactive CT Case Study

Editor: Yonah Korngold

November 18, 2015

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of an external mechanical force applied to the cranium and the intracranial contents, leading to temporary or permanent impairments, functional disability, or psychosocial maladjustment.^[1,2]

Click on each "Day" tab and drag the slider to view the slices, then click on "Show findings" to identify the observations. Finally, click the "Animation" tab to compare the scans across all time points simultaneously.

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