Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage

Am J Emerg Med. 2008 May;26(4):521.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.031.

Abstract

The computed tomographic (CT) finding of pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) mimics that of SAH. In brain swelling due to acute hypoxic anoxic encephalopathy, the increased attenuation in the basal cisterns and subarachnoid spaces on CT scans is a characteristic finding of acute SAH.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia, Brain / complications
  • Hypoxia, Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed