The classification according to Adams was determined in 1989 based on histopathological specimens and classified diffuse axonal injuries (DAI) in patients with a traumatic brain injury into the following three distinct grades[^1]:
Classification
Grade | Localization of Shearing Injury |
I | Lesion in the white matter of the hemispheres |
II | Lesion in the corpus callosum |
III | In addition to the lesion in the corpus callosum, there is a lesion in the rostral brainstem |