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Axial cut (a) and coronal cut (b) of the noncontrast computed tomography (CT) of the head of the patient after becoming obtunded with nonreactive pupils. The images show diffuse cerebral edema with compression of lateral ventricles, effacement of the sulci, and obliteration of the perimesencephalic cisterns.
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The noncontrast CT of the head revealed severe diffuse brain swelling and obliteration of the sulci and ventricles and perimesencephalic cisterns, as read by the radiology department (Figure 1).