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==Head injuries== | ==Head injuries== | ||
===Diffuse axonal injury=== | ===Diffuse axonal injury=== | ||
Clinical: | |||
*Vegetative state. (???) | |||
*Imaging findings: no anatomical cause apparent in some cases. (???) | |||
Etiology: | |||
*Hypothesized to arise from high shear loading of white mater tracts.<ref name=pmid2769276>{{cite journal |author=Blumbergs PC, Jones NR, North JB |title=Diffuse axonal injury in head trauma |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. |volume=52 |issue=7 |pages=838–41 |year=1989 |month=July |pmid=2769276 |pmc=1031929 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Hypothesized to arise from high shear loading of white mater tracts.<ref name=pmid2769276>{{cite journal |author=Blumbergs PC, Jones NR, North JB |title=Diffuse axonal injury in head trauma |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. |volume=52 |issue=7 |pages=838–41 |year=1989 |month=July |pmid=2769276 |pmc=1031929 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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*"Microglial stars". | *"Microglial stars". | ||
*Degeneration of fibre tracts. | *Degeneration of fibre tracts. | ||
Grading: | |||
*Grade 1: only microscopic findings. | |||
*Grade 2: ? | |||
*Grade 3: macroscopic and microscopic findings. | |||
===Intracranial hemorrhage=== | ===Intracranial hemorrhage=== | ||
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*Subdural hematoma. | *Subdural hematoma. | ||
*Subarachnoid hematoma. | *Subarachnoid hematoma. | ||
===Traumatic brain injury in infants=== | |||
{{main|Traumatic brain injury in infants}} | |||
*Shaken-impact syndrome. | |||
*Shaken baby syndrome. | |||
==Excited delirium== | ==Excited delirium== | ||