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Table 1 Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of the TBI group

From: Diffusion tensor imaging differences relate to memory deficits in diffuse traumatic brain injury

PT

GCS

PTA

Initial CT

MRI findings (T2*/FLAIR-Hemosiderin deposits)

tevol

TAI

1

8

150

SAH. Small hemorrhage in L thalamus

Microbleeds in L thalamus, R caudate, midbrain, frontal lobe, and CC

207

III

2

7

60

SAH. Small hemorrhagic lesion at the uncus

Microbleeds in R caudate, thalamus, pons, frontoparietal lobes and CC

285

III

3

3

125

Small frontobasal contusion and bilateral hemorrhagic foci in R frontal lobe and R thalamus

Microbleeds in R thalamus, R fronto-temporo parietal lobes, hippocampus and CC. Frontobasal contusion (< 1.5 cm)

315

II

4

5

45

No evidence of lesions

Microbleeds in dorsal midbrain and L frontal lobe

429

III

5

4

40

SAH. Hemorrhagic focus in L frontal white matter

Microbleeds in midbrain, R/L hippocampus, frontal and temporal lobes, and CC

550

III

6

7

51

SAH. Hemorrhagic focus in the R frontal white matter, and R intraventricular hemorrhage

Microbleeds in R/L hippocampus and R prefrontal region

146

I

7

4

45

Hyperdense lesion in the L medial temporal lobe

Microbleeds in L caudate, R/L hippocampus, midbrain, L parietal, R frontal lobes and CC

165

III

8

4

75

Multiple small bilateral subcortical hemorrhagic foci

Microbleeds in L thalamus, R midbrain, cerebellar peduncle, R/L frontal parietal and occipital lobes, R temporal and CC. Fonto-temporal deep white matter hyperintensities due to demyelination

86

III

9

3

70

Small hemorrhagic foci at R internal capsular and temporal region, and L CC. Intraventricular hemorrhage

Microbleeds in midbrain, cerebellum, R hippocampus, R internal capsule and thalamus, L fronto-parietal, and CC

443

III

10

3

60

SAH. Diffuse white matter alterations

Microbleeds in R thalamus, R midbrain, cerebellum, R/L frontal and CC. Parietal deep white matter hyperintensities due to demyelination.

114

III

11

7

120

Multiple puntiform hemorrhagic foci in both hemispheres

Microbleeds in L thalamus, R globus pallidus, R/L insula, R midbrain R/L frontal, parietal and temporal lobes and CC

306

III

12

4

171

Puntiform temporal contusion. L temporal subdural hematoma

Multiple subcortical microbleeds in pyramidal tract, centrum semiovale, pons, and CC. Deep white matter lesions. L temporal contusion (< 1 cm)

213

III

13

8

20

No evidence of lesions

Microbleeds in L insula, R frontal lobe and CC. Deep white matter lesions predominantly in the parietal lobe

115

II

14

4

105

Multiple hemorrhagic foci

Microbleeds in midbrain, fronto-parieto-occipital lobes and CC. Deep frontal white matter hyperintensities due to demyelination

143

III

15

6

120

Microhemorrhages in the L cerebellar hemisphere and R frontal lobe

Microbleeds in R thalamus, R temporal lobe and in fronto-parietal lobes. Contusion in R frontal gyrus and frontobasal (< 1.2 cm)

660

II

  1. PT: Patient; GCS: Glasgow coma scale; PTA: posttraumatic amnesia; CT: computer tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; tevol: time of evolution since accident to the MRI evaluation; TAI: diffuse axonal injury; R/L: right/left; CC: corpus callosum; SHA: subarachnoidal hemorrhage.