Cureus
Transient White Matter Diffusion Restriction in a Pediatric Patient With Diffuse Axonal Injury
By Claudia Lazarte-Rantes, Carol Munayco and Mario Chirinos.
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem due to its high incidence worldwide and possible sequelae, especially in the pediatric population.Imaging studies play a leading role in evaluating pathologies requiring early surgical management and the prognosis of long-term sequelae.Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is one of the most severe complications of TBI, and few reports in the literature are associated with cytotoxic edema.We present a case of a pediatric patient with DAI with extensive areas of transient diffusion restriction in the white matter, which we consider to be related to cytotoxic edema.
Keywords
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Diffuse axonal injury
- White matter
- Diffusion MRI
- Transient (computer programming)
- Diffusion
- Open access
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