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Case Reports
. 2017 Jun;17(3):282-283.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-3-282.

Lesson of the month 2: Contusion confusion

Helen Wood  1 , Thomas Mayes  2 , Susan King  2 , Joanna Kasznia-Brown  2 , Tarun Solanki  2
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Lesson of the month 2: Contusion confusion

Helen Wood et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2017 Jun.

Abstract

This lesson of the month highlights that certain radiology terminology may be used to report bleeding on head computerised tomography (CT) reports. On-call junior doctors should not be expected to interpret CT head images, so often their decisions will be based on the written report. The wording used can change the clinical decision and therefore the treatment given by a junior doctor. Clinical teams and junior doctors should be educated on terminology in relation to bleeding on CT head reports.

Keywords: Acute intracranial haemorrhage; CT head; anticoagulation; contusion; fall.

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Initial computerised tomography head scan.
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Second computerised tomography head scan.
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