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My 77 year older mom fell and hit the back of her head pretty hard a pair of months ago. She had a cat scan which showed nothing. Could there be something added that it tradition pick up?

A head CT is pretty sure in finding some acute process that may be going on, still if your mother is still having symptoms from the injury, she should return to the doctor. She may need a follow up CT and / or boost imagery studies and tests.

There is an imaging impact called an MRI using a contrast material (an injectible solution) that helps to garner up some more details that a CAT construe may not. CAT scans are useful for sleuthing defects such as fractures and hematomas (blood clots) from injuries, but if your mother is showing some other symptoms such as headaches, memory problems that weren't there before her fall, or changes in noetic status (emotional issues, depression, alteration in general noetic functioning) that are recent, you may poverty to analyse with the doctor about having an MRI "with and without contrast" done. The take of detail from an MRI may exhibit a neurological injury that the CAT construe wouldn't garner up. See the two references beneath for descriptions of the procedures and what they can and cannot detect.

Is she having any symptoms right now? If not, then no. She is fine.