A sign of subarachnoid bleeding on cranial computed tomograms of pediatric head trauma patients

Radiology. 1978 Feb;126(2):409-11. doi: 10.1148/126.2.409.

Abstract

Of 109 children examined by cranial computed tomography soon after an acute head injury, a density in the region of the falx was identified in 24 patients, but disappeared on subsequent studies. The density measures in the range of blood and is thought to represent subarachnoid blood. It can be confused with falx calcification in adolescents and adults, but falx calcification is normally not seen in the pediatric population.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*