Traumatic microbleeds persist for up to five years following traumatic brain injury despite resolution of other acute findings on MRI.

Conclusions: These findings suggest that TMBs may serve as a uniquely persistent indicator of TBI and reinforce the importance of acute post-injury imaging for accurate characterization of persistent imaging findings. PMID: 32228304 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32228304?dopt=Abstract

Source: Brain Injury - April 2, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Brain Inj Source Type: research