On CT scan, acute blood is bright and chronic blood is dark, similar to CSF. In this case, the patient likely had a previous subdural hematoma, and then rebled.

Do patient outcomes and costs justify routine CT after surgery for chronic subdural hematoma? Researchers in the TOSCAN trial find no benefit, and a suggestion of detriment, with follow-up imaging.

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DOA subdural bleed, also called a subdural hematoma, is a type of brain bleed in which the blood pools between the skull and the brain. It is usually caused by head ...

Viz SDH, which aims to detect subdural hematomas in CT images of the brain, is lucky No. 7 on Viz.ai's list of FDA-cleared imaging analysis algorithms.

DEAR DOCTOR K: My mother is in her 70s. She fell a few weeks ago but seemed fine. Then she started to have double vision and some trouble with balance. A CT scan revealed a subdural hematoma. Her ...

Very slow bleeding may continue into the subdural space until a person develops symptoms, which may resemble dementia, a stroke or a seizure. A CT scan of the head is recommended to check for ...

CT of the cervical spine revealed no acute pathology. CT imaging of the brain revealed an acute 1.3-cm subdural hematoma over the right convexity and 1.5 cm of midline shift to the left.

As a result of the increased use of CT scans and increased exposure to anticoagulants, chronic subdural hematomas are being recognized with increasing frequency, especially in the older population.

A CT scan showed the presence of blood on Dauer's brain, a problem made worse by the fact that Dauer was on a blood thinner due to a heart condition.

CT scan revealed complete resolution of the hematoma after 2 months (panels C, D) after non-surgical treatment with atorvastatin and dexamethasone. view more ...

Subdural Hematoma (Acute on Chronic). Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the acute right sudural hematoma. Acute blood is bright on CT scan. If one looks closely, one can also see a small area of ...