Cerebral Vasospasm Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Silent Killer?

A 55-year-old man was involved in a motor vehicle accident, where he sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). At admission the Glasgow Coma Scale was 15/15 with no neurological deficit. Admission cerebral computed tomography (CT) showed subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages (Figures 1A and 1B). Cerebral CT scans performed 24 hours after trauma showed stability of the posttraumatic hemorrhages; 10 days following the mild TBI, he developed a...