Clinical and demographic information for children with TBI
| Patient/Sex | GCS Score | Mechanism of Injury | Age at Injury (y) | Age at MRS (y) | Age at Testing (y)* | GOS Score | MR Imaging Finding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/M | 15 | Fall | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 1 | Normal |
| 2/F | 8 | Hit by auto | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 2 | Bilateral superior frontal gyrus gray matter hemosiderin deposit |
| 3/F | 3 | Hit by auto | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 2 | R temporal lobe white matter atrophy |
| 4/F | 11 | Hit by auto | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 1 | L frontal lobe gray matter and white matter encephalomalacia and shearing injury; bilateral middle frontal, inferior frontal, and gyrus rectus encephalomalacia; L orbital gyrus encephalomalacia |
| 5/F | 4 | Hit by auto | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 2 | Bilateral frontal lobe white matter gliosis and L frontal lobe gray matter hemosiderin; L gyrus rectus gliosis; posterior corpus callosum gliosis |
| 6/M | 3 | Hit by auto | 10.5 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 1 | R frontal lobe white matter gliosis and hemosiderin |
| 7/F | 10 | Hit by auto | 11.1 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 1 | Bilateral gyrus rectus atrophy |
Note.—GCS indicates Glasgow Coma Scale; GOS, Glasgow Outcome Scale score (1 = good, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe); and MRS, MR spectroscopy.
* Age at testing is reported for the evaluation closest in time to imaging.