Role of Computed Tomography in Evaluation of Traumatic Head Injury

Head injury is trauma resulting injury to the scalp, skull or brain. Immediate and instantaneous death following cranial trauma occurs due to unpreventable primary brain injuries Ÿ CT is the single most informative diagnostic modality in the evaluation of a patient with a head injury. Ÿ Besides facilitating rapid implementation it can demonstrate signicant primary traumatic injuries including extradural, subdural, intracerebral haematomas, subarachnoid and intraventricular haemorrhages, skull fractures, cerebral oedema, contusions and cerebral herniations.