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What Do Ponds In A Brain Scan Indicate?

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Posted on Fri, 3 Jun 2016
Question: Hi, I have type 1diabetes, epilepsy, CRPS and have been in coma for 15 days and hospital for another 3weeks due to being seriously DKA and was also on dialysis for 3 weeks, 4 monthsprior I fell and split my head open and has stitches in the back of my head. Well I was in dka going downstairs and fell from top to bottom and knocked myself out, since they brought me round from the coma the pain from the orinal fall is bk with a vengeance and spreads all over my head, I had a brain scan which showed"ponds" would they have checked for a skull fractur
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Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (3 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Ponds are actually depressed fractures.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone very carefully through your query. I am sorry to know about your query. Let me assure that the 'ponds' are actually depressed fractures of the skull and so definitely they have checked for fractures and have found them to be there. Unless the ponds are significantly deep to cause compression of the brain, no intervention is required and they would heal on their own.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards
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What Do Ponds In A Brain Scan Indicate?

Brief Answer: Ponds are actually depressed fractures. Detailed Answer: Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic. I have gone very carefully through your query. I am sorry to know about your query. Let me assure that the 'ponds' are actually depressed fractures of the skull and so definitely they have checked for fractures and have found them to be there. Unless the ponds are significantly deep to cause compression of the brain, no intervention is required and they would heal on their own. Let me know if I could help further. Regards