The characters and clinical significance of neuroimage of traumatic brain injury in the elderly
LEI Peng
ZHU Di
ZHOU Jie
WANG Yu
HE Jiao-jiang
Abstract：Objective To explore the neuroimage characteristics and clinical significance of traumatic brain injury in the elderly ( TBIE) .Methods Data of 94 cases of TBIE was retrospectively analyzed,who were admitted into our hospital from Jan.2010 to Oct.2014.There were 52 males and 42 females,with an average age of 72.3(60-90)years.In combination with neurophysiological changes,the neuroimage characters were summarized and ana-lyzed.Results Of the 94 cases,74 cases had positive results in CT images,including intracranial hematoma,con-tusion and brain laceration;25 cases showed significant lesions in CT image within 2 hours of TBI.Some patients also had diseases such as cerebral atrophy and old brain infarction.Conclusion CT is the preferred imaging exam-ination after TBI with features of high sensitivity, efficiency and affordable expense;it is possible for the TBIE pa-tients to develop brain infarction if there are obvious changes in the head CT and the patients'clinical situation wors-en;it is necessary to do follow-up and perform head CT dynamically for the mild TBIE to observe the brain status, and perform MRI examination to define the changes of brain lesions.
Keywords：brain injuryneuroimagesCTelderly
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 138-142 )