Occipital conus, brain edema, subarachnoid hemorrhage, pneumocephalus

CASE

Patient with bacterial endocarditis developed generalised brain edema - seen as loss of white-gray matter differentiation, effacement of gyral sulci, compression of external liquor spaces and crowding of cerebellar tonsilae into foramen magnum (occipital conus). Note also hyperdense stripes of subarachnoid hemorrhage and several bubbles of air.

Tags:  Brain  Brain
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Occipital conus, brain edema, subarachnoid hemorrhage, pneumocephalus


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