Traumatic Brain Injuries
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Included Diseases
Epidural Hematoma
Bleeding between skull and brain membrane
Acute Subdural Hematoma
Bleeding between the brain membranes occurring shortly after head trauma; requires emergency evaluation.
Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Slowly developing brain membrane bleeding
Intracerebral Hematoma (Intracranial Hemorrhage)
Bleeding developing within brain tissue
Traumatic SAH (Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage)
Hemorrhage into the thin fluid space on the brain surface following head trauma; most mild cases have a good prognosis.
Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI)
Widespread damage to deep neural fiber connections in the brain resulting from rapid acceleration-deceleration injury; a severe type of brain injury.
Depressed Fractures (Skull Depressed Fracture)
A traumatic fracture resulting from a portion of the skull bone being compressed inward toward the brain.
Skull Base Fractures
Skull Base Fractures - ICD-10: S02.1
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (Progressive Brain Damage from Repetitive Head Trauma)
A progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops slowly following years of repetitive head impacts.