Systematic Approach to Reading a Non-Contrast Head CT Scan
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Systematic Approach to Reading a Non-Contrast Head CT Scan
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Systematic Approach
Assess each component of the intracranial cavity
1. Blood2. Brain3. Bone4. CSF
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Blood1. Epidural Hematoma (EDH)
Arterial Bleed: High-Pressure “Lens” ShapeMiddle Meningeal Laceration (Skull Fracture)
2. Subdural Hematoma (SDH)Venous Bleed: Low-Pressure “Crescent” ShapeAcute / Chronic (Is Patient Anticoagulated? Alcoholic?)
3. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)Traumatic / Aneurysmal
4. Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH)5. Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage (IPH)
Hypertensive Basal Ganglia or Lobar Cerebral Contusion “Coup-Contrecoup”
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EDH
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SDH: Acute/Chronic
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SAH (Aneurysmal)
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IVH
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IPH
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IPH
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Contusion
Coup (Red) Contrecoup Contusion (Orange) (at 180 degrees)
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Brain
1. Symmetry (of Hemispheres)Hyper-/Hypodensities (Masses, Edema, Stroke)
2. Grey/White Matter BorderLost Grey-White Differentiation in Anoxic Injury
3. Midline Shift4. Gyri/Sulci
Wide Sulci: Atrophy Effaced Sulci: Edematous “Tight/Swollen” Brain
5. Pneumocephalus (Air in Brain)Open Fracture (or Craniotomy)Fracture through Sinus
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Mass
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Midline Shift
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Sulci/Gyri: Atrophy/Edema
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Bone
1. FracturesEspecially Temporal Bones
2. Sinuses & Air CellsLook for Air-Fluid Levels
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Pneumocephalus
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Temporal Bone Fracture
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CSF: Ventricles & Cisterns
1. VentriclesBlood in Ventricles?Effacement/Asymmetry: Compression from Mass/HematomaHydrocephalusAtrophy (“Ex Vacuo”) Communicating / Obstructive HydrocephalusIf Obstructive, Where? Look at Lateral, 3rd, and 4th Ventricles
2. CisternsLook for Effacement (Edema/Early Herniation)Look for Blood
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Cisterns/Effacement
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Ventricles/Hydrocephalus
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