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. 2020 May 7;12(5):e8018. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8018

Figure 1. Brain CT scan of a nine-month-old child with fulminant brain edema.

Figure 1

(a) Axial view: diffuse brain edema, obliteration of the peri-mesencephalic cisterns (blue arrowheads), temporal lobes edema without herniation (white arrows), and obliteration of superior cerebellum cistern (asterisk). (b) Coronal view: diffuse brain edema with protrusion of anterior fontanelle (yellow arrow) and collapse of pre-pontine cistern (green arrowhead).

CT, computed tomography