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==Overview==
==Overview==
In the early hours and days after [[anoxia|anoxic]] brain injury, there is often [[diffuse]] [[cerebral edema]] and blurring of the border between the [[grey matter|grey]] and [[white matter]]. In some patients there may be discrete [[infarct]]s after a few days. If there is irreversible [[bilateral]] medial [[tegmentum|tegmental]] [[brainstem]] injury, then patients do not survive.
In the early hours and days after [[anoxia|anoxic]] brain injury, there is often [[diffuse]] [[cerebral edema]] and blurring of the border between the [[grey matter|grey]] and [[white matter]]. In some patients there may be discrete [[infarct]]s after a few days.


==CT==
==CT==

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