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Descriptor
English
:
Brain Injuries
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Traumatismos Encefálicos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Traumatismos Encefálicos
Synonyms
English
:
Brain Contusion
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Brain Lacerations
Trauma, Brain
Traumatic Brain Injury
Tree Number:
C10.228.140.199
C10.900.300.087
C21.866.260.118
C21.866.915.300.200
Definition
English
:
Acute and chronic (see also
BRAIN INJURIES
, CHRONIC) injuries to the
brain
, including the cerebral hemispheres,
CEREBELLUM
, and
BRAIN STEM
. Clinical manifestations depend on the
nature
of injury. Diffuse trauma to the
brain
is frequently associated with
DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY
or
COMA
, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with
NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS
; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general or unspecified; consider also /inj with specific parts of the
brain
; X ref
BRAIN
CONTUSION: do not coordinate with
CONTUSIONS
; do not confuse with
CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA
History Note
English
:
1981(1963); for BRAIN CONTUSION use BRAIN CONCUSSION 1998-1999
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
1956
Unique Identifier:
D001930
Occurrence in VHL
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