Table 3.
Computed Tomography Findings in the 63 Patients with Traumatic Axonal Injury Lesions in the Thalamus, Basal Ganglia, and/or Brainstem on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
| MRI | CTa | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesion location | None | Unilateral | Bilateral | None | Unilateral | Bilateral | Cohen κ |
| Thalamus | 32 | 20 | 11 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0.10 |
| Basal ganglia | 35 | 25 | 3 | 51 | 10 | 2b | 0.25 |
| Brainstem | 17 | 31 | 15 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0.01 |
MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; CT, computed tomography.
a
The 10 randomly added patients without MRI findings in subcortical structures also were all without such lesions on CT and are not presented in the table.
b
Lesions in the basal ganglia on CT scan could not be identified as TAI lesions on MRI in two patients. One patient had uncertain findings on CT; the second also had a unilateral hemorrhage >10 mm.