Magnetic resonance imaging of traumatic sinus and mastoid bleeding.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1986
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characterized intrasinus hemorrhage in 8 out of 10 patients with computed tomography (CT) evidence of post-traumatic sinus opacification. Fractures of sinus walls were demonstrated as disruptions in the hypointense line of the bony wall, as displacement of this line, or by increased signal from blood or sinus effusion within the fracture. Seven patients with fractures of the temporal bone were more difficult to evaluate because of the hypointensity of air trapped within the fracture line mimicing the bony wall and that within the middle ear mimicing the ossicles; 1.5 tesla MR proved superior to CT in demonstrating associated extra- and intracerebral hemorrhage.
Volume
369
First Page
367
Last Page
369
ISSN
0365-5954
Published In/Presented At
Zimmerman, R. A., Bilaniuk, L. T., Hackney, D. B., Goldberg, H. I., & Grossman, R. I. (1986). Magnetic resonance imaging of traumatic sinus and mastoid bleeding. Acta radiologica. Supplementum, 369, 367–369.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
2980498
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article