PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Given, Curtis A.
AU  - Burdette, Jonathan H.
AU  - Elster, Allen D.
AU  - Williams, Daniel W.
TI  - Pseudo-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Potential Imaging Pitfall Associated with Diffuse Cerebral Edema
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 254--256
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/2/254.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/2/254.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2003 Feb 01; 24
AB  - Summary: We report CT findings in seven patients with diffuse cerebral edema and increased attenuation in the basilar cisterns resembling subarachnoid hemorrhage. On the basis of autopsy (three cases) and lumbar puncture (four cases) findings, true subarachnoid hemorrhage was reasonably excluded. Pathophysiologic changes that occur with diffuse cerebral edema are explored, with proposed explanations for the appearance of a pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage.