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[Prolonged traumatic coma caused by diffuse axonal lesions].

I Tominaga¹, Y Matsuo, Y Kato

¹Service de Neuropsychiatrie, Hôpital National de Chiba, Japan.

Revue Neurologique

|January 1, 1991

Summary

This case study details a patient in deep coma from traumatic injury, who survived for over six years. Neuropathological findings revealed diffuse axonal injury, likely caused by impact-related shearing forces.

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Area of Science:

Neuropathology
Traumatology
Neuroscience

Background:

A 22-year-old male presented with deep coma of probable traumatic origin.
Initial assessment revealed no skull fracture or expansive intracranial lesion.
The patient remained in a persistent vegetative state for 6 years and 8 months.