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densities ? from dar4 to light #e can interpret it gas> fat> #ater and mineral.
C@ scan that cane $sed to see if there is something odd in the rain are $se the color of lac4
and #hite. )n this scenario> the res$lts of the C@ scan sho#ed the presence of s$cortical
hypodense on the left rain.
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hemorrhage .@here are also t#o type of hemorrhage> epid$ral and s$d$ral . @he different
et#een that type is 3$st the place #hich epid$ral is more s$perfisial than s$d$ral. &atients
#ho had a stro4e ca$sed y hemorrhage> lood #ill fill in a portion of the rain or even
entirely. )n C@ scan> lood that fill in a part of the rain #ill appear as #hite or can e called
hyperdense.
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part of the rain that s$ffered death for lac4 of o;ygen s$pply from lood vessels. As a res$lt>
there #ill e s$ch thing as dead tiss$e. Dead tiss$e in the C@ scan #ill appear as part of a
moredar4 or even lac4> called hipodense.