The Adams classification was established in 1989 based on histopathological specimens and classifies diffuse axonal injuries (DAI) in patients with a Traumatic brain injury into the following three distinct grades[^1]:
Classification
Grade | Location of the shear injury |
I | Lesion in the white matter of the cerebral 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 |