Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Unusual Brain Computed Tomography Artifact in Cerebellum Mimicking Hemorrhage: A Case Report

뇌 CT에서 출혈로 오인된 소뇌의 허상: 증례보고

  • Lee, Jihun (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Eom, Ki Seong (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Young (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
  • 이지훈 (원광대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 엄기성 (원광대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 김태영 (원광대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실)
  • Received : 2015.03.30
  • Accepted : 2015.10.04
  • Published : 2015.09.30
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Abstract

Artifacts can seriously degrade the quality of computed tomography (CT) images, sometimes to the point of making them diagnostically unusable. Here, we report an unusual CT artifact that could have resulted in the misdiagnosis of a hyperdense hemorrhagic lesion in a 55-year-old man. The author recommend that when hemorrhagic lesion in posterior fossa is suggested on CT, the physician should carefully consider all patient-related clinical data prior to considering surgical intervention or a biopsy. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help in preventing the misdiagnosis as hemorrhage of CT scan.

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