Author: Birgit Ertl-Wagner, MD, Munich, Germany
Body Region: Brain, and Head and Neck
1. Patient presentation
- A 69-year-old man was brought to the emergency room after a high-velocity motor vehicle accident.
- He lost consciousness directly after the traumatic impact and remained in a comatose state.
- Non-enhanced CT of the brain was performed to rule out intracranial hemorrhage.