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==Overview==
==MRI==
In the early hours and days after anoxic brain injury, there is often diffuse [[cerebral edema]] and blurring of the border between the grey and white matter. In some patients there may be discrete infarcts after a few days.
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Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-001.jpg|DWI
If there is irreversible bilateral medial tegmental [[brainstem]] injury, then patients do not survive.
Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-002.jpg|DWI
Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-003.jpg|DWI
Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-004.jpg|DWI
Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-005.jpg|FLAIR
Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-006.jpg|FLAIR
Image:Diffuse-hypoxic-ischemia-007.jpg|T1 with GAD
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