Table 1.
Clinical characteristics and cerebral MR after concussion
| Gender | Age | Mechanism | Unconsciousness (min) | Retrograde amnesia (min) | Confusion (min) |
Anterograde amnesia (min) | Cerebral MR within 24 hours after trauma | Cerebral MR 3 months after trauma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 18 | MVA | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | NP | NP |
| F | 18 | Fall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NP | NP |
| F | 19 | MVA | 0,5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | NP | NP |
| F | 19 | MVA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NP | NP |
| F | 20 | Sporting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NP | - |
| F | 22 | MVA | 0,5 | 3 | 0 | 1,5 | NP | NP |
| F | 25 | Fall | 0,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Subependymal periventricular heterotopia | Unchanged |
| F | 27 | MVA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | NP | NP |
| F | 28 | MVA | 2 | 0 | 30 | 20 | NP | - |
| F | 32 | Fall | 0,5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | NP | NP |
| M | 18 | MVA | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | NP | NP |
| M | 18 | MVA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NP | NP |
| M | 21 | MVA | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | NP | NP. |
| M | 21 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nonspecific subcortical focus in left frontal region | Unchanged |
| M | 26 | Moving machine | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | NP | NP |
| M | 29 | Fall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Few nonspecific subcortical hyperintensive T2W/FLAIR foci in frontal regions | Unchanged |
| M | 31 | Fall | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Ependymal cyst in left lateral ventricle | Unchanged |
| M | 32 | MVA | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | Multiple nonspecific subcortical hyperintensive T2W/FLAIR foci in both fronto-parietal regions | Unchanged |
| M | 32 | MVA | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | NP | NP |
| M | 37 | MVA | 0,5 | 10 | 30 | 15 | NP | NP |
MVA: motor vehicle accident NP: no pathology