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Preservation of consciousness in a decerebrating head injured patient
1Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report a patient whose consciousness was preserved even as she developed decerebration following a head injury. Her brainstem reflexes were normal. A large left frontal haematoma was evacuated. She improved remarkably over the next 2 1/2 years.