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If I Had A Bloot Clot Or Aneurysm On My
Question: if i had a bloot clot or aneurysm on my brain would it show on a cat scan?
if i had a bloot clot or aneurysm on my brain would it show on a cat scan?
Brief Answer:
CT scan showing unruptured aneursyms through bleeding
Detailed Answer:
Good evening.
An aneurysmal swelling of a blood vessel inside the brain can be shown by a CT of the brain due to the CT's ability to detect the presence of blood around the aneurysmal swelling itself (i.e. leakage from the aneurysm). CTA (Computerized Tomographic Angiography) is a way of picking up exact trajectories of the blood vessels in the brain and reconstructing them in 2D. Both ruptured and unruptured aneurysms can be detected by this method.
A blood clot on a CT scan is also possible to see as what is referred to as DENSE (name of artery) sign. In other words if there is a blood clot in on the major blood vessels of the brain then, there tends to be a much higher density signal (shows as whitish on a CT) than the surrounding around the vessel. In addition, a blood clot is stagnant or motionless blood which will show as a very dense calcified area in a BLOOD VESSEL
The more usual way of spotting a blood clot by way of a CT scan is by scanning the brain for a specific area of the brain that has suffered a stroke since this is an area of ISCHEMIC TISSUE in the brain caused by blockage of blood flow by a CLOT. Therefore, if a patient has suffered a stroke and a CT scan is obtained which shows a vascular distribution of the brain as having been compromised resulting in the stroke then, it is usually assumed that it was likely a BLOOD CLOT that got into that blood vessel and simply was too large to pass....ergo, the finding of a blood clot.
Therefore, since you are writing this question on this network tonight and your sentence construction is perfect.....I believe it is virtually impossible for you to have ever suffered a BLOOD CLOT in the brain any time recently nor a burst aneurysm due to the same reason of your neurological status being perfectly integrated and healthy. Someone with a STROKE would show specific radiographic signs of the embolic BLOCK (i.e. caused by a blood clot) and you may be passed out by this point if that were the case.
Cheers!
This query has taken 20 minutes to derive, research, and generate a response.
CT scan showing unruptured aneursyms through bleeding
Detailed Answer:
Good evening.
An aneurysmal swelling of a blood vessel inside the brain can be shown by a CT of the brain due to the CT's ability to detect the presence of blood around the aneurysmal swelling itself (i.e. leakage from the aneurysm). CTA (Computerized Tomographic Angiography) is a way of picking up exact trajectories of the blood vessels in the brain and reconstructing them in 2D. Both ruptured and unruptured aneurysms can be detected by this method.
A blood clot on a CT scan is also possible to see as what is referred to as DENSE (name of artery) sign. In other words if there is a blood clot in on the major blood vessels of the brain then, there tends to be a much higher density signal (shows as whitish on a CT) than the surrounding around the vessel. In addition, a blood clot is stagnant or motionless blood which will show as a very dense calcified area in a BLOOD VESSEL
The more usual way of spotting a blood clot by way of a CT scan is by scanning the brain for a specific area of the brain that has suffered a stroke since this is an area of ISCHEMIC TISSUE in the brain caused by blockage of blood flow by a CLOT. Therefore, if a patient has suffered a stroke and a CT scan is obtained which shows a vascular distribution of the brain as having been compromised resulting in the stroke then, it is usually assumed that it was likely a BLOOD CLOT that got into that blood vessel and simply was too large to pass....ergo, the finding of a blood clot.
Therefore, since you are writing this question on this network tonight and your sentence construction is perfect.....I believe it is virtually impossible for you to have ever suffered a BLOOD CLOT in the brain any time recently nor a burst aneurysm due to the same reason of your neurological status being perfectly integrated and healthy. Someone with a STROKE would show specific radiographic signs of the embolic BLOCK (i.e. caused by a blood clot) and you may be passed out by this point if that were the case.
Cheers!
This query has taken 20 minutes to derive, research, and generate a response.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
CT scan showing unruptured aneursyms through bleeding
Detailed Answer:
Good evening.
An aneurysmal swelling of a blood vessel inside the brain can be shown by a CT of the brain due to the CT's ability to detect the presence of blood around the aneurysmal swelling itself (i.e. leakage from the aneurysm). CTA (Computerized Tomographic Angiography) is a way of picking up exact trajectories of the blood vessels in the brain and reconstructing them in 2D. Both ruptured and unruptured aneurysms can be detected by this method.
A blood clot on a CT scan is also possible to see as what is referred to as DENSE (name of artery) sign. In other words if there is a blood clot in on the major blood vessels of the brain then, there tends to be a much higher density signal (shows as whitish on a CT) than the surrounding around the vessel. In addition, a blood clot is stagnant or motionless blood which will show as a very dense calcified area in a BLOOD VESSEL
The more usual way of spotting a blood clot by way of a CT scan is by scanning the brain for a specific area of the brain that has suffered a stroke since this is an area of ISCHEMIC TISSUE in the brain caused by blockage of blood flow by a CLOT. Therefore, if a patient has suffered a stroke and a CT scan is obtained which shows a vascular distribution of the brain as having been compromised resulting in the stroke then, it is usually assumed that it was likely a BLOOD CLOT that got into that blood vessel and simply was too large to pass....ergo, the finding of a blood clot.
Therefore, since you are writing this question on this network tonight and your sentence construction is perfect.....I believe it is virtually impossible for you to have ever suffered a BLOOD CLOT in the brain any time recently nor a burst aneurysm due to the same reason of your neurological status being perfectly integrated and healthy. Someone with a STROKE would show specific radiographic signs of the embolic BLOCK (i.e. caused by a blood clot) and you may be passed out by this point if that were the case.
Cheers!
This query has taken 20 minutes to derive, research, and generate a response.
CT scan showing unruptured aneursyms through bleeding
Detailed Answer:
Good evening.
An aneurysmal swelling of a blood vessel inside the brain can be shown by a CT of the brain due to the CT's ability to detect the presence of blood around the aneurysmal swelling itself (i.e. leakage from the aneurysm). CTA (Computerized Tomographic Angiography) is a way of picking up exact trajectories of the blood vessels in the brain and reconstructing them in 2D. Both ruptured and unruptured aneurysms can be detected by this method.
A blood clot on a CT scan is also possible to see as what is referred to as DENSE (name of artery) sign. In other words if there is a blood clot in on the major blood vessels of the brain then, there tends to be a much higher density signal (shows as whitish on a CT) than the surrounding around the vessel. In addition, a blood clot is stagnant or motionless blood which will show as a very dense calcified area in a BLOOD VESSEL
The more usual way of spotting a blood clot by way of a CT scan is by scanning the brain for a specific area of the brain that has suffered a stroke since this is an area of ISCHEMIC TISSUE in the brain caused by blockage of blood flow by a CLOT. Therefore, if a patient has suffered a stroke and a CT scan is obtained which shows a vascular distribution of the brain as having been compromised resulting in the stroke then, it is usually assumed that it was likely a BLOOD CLOT that got into that blood vessel and simply was too large to pass....ergo, the finding of a blood clot.
Therefore, since you are writing this question on this network tonight and your sentence construction is perfect.....I believe it is virtually impossible for you to have ever suffered a BLOOD CLOT in the brain any time recently nor a burst aneurysm due to the same reason of your neurological status being perfectly integrated and healthy. Someone with a STROKE would show specific radiographic signs of the embolic BLOCK (i.e. caused by a blood clot) and you may be passed out by this point if that were the case.
Cheers!
This query has taken 20 minutes to derive, research, and generate a response.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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