Neuro_CT_Head: 10 F, AMS.

CT HEAD WITHOUT CONTRAST:

 

CLINICAL HISTORY: 10 years of age, Female, altered mental status, deteriorating.

 

FINDINGS: 

 

There is diffuse cerebral edema with effacement of the sulci and basilar cisterns and poor gray-white matter differentiation.

There is no ventriculomegaly.

There is no acute hemorrhage.

 

IMPRESSION: 

 

1.  Diffuse cerebral edema with effacement of the sulci and basilar cisterns. Etiology is nonspecific and may be infectious, toxic/metabolic, or global anoxic.