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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
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* diffuse traumatic brain injury (TBI) | * diffuse traumatic brain injury (TBI) | ||
* herniation related to the TBI | * herniation related to the TBI | ||
* diffuse axonal injury (DAI) | * diffuse axonal injury (DAI) | ||
* anoxic brain injury due to hanging | |||
** Shearing mechanisms lead to DAI, which is visualized pathologically and on neuroimaging studies as multiple small lesions seen within white matter tracts . Patients with severe DAI typically present with profound coma without elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), and often have poor outcome. | ** Shearing mechanisms lead to DAI, which is visualized pathologically and on neuroimaging studies as multiple small lesions seen within white matter tracts . Patients with severe DAI typically present with profound coma without elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), and often have poor outcome. | ||