What’s going on with uneven brainstem density?

What is the reason for the uneven density of the brainstem? If the brainstem is inflamed, the density of the brainstem can be blurred and uneven on CT or MRI; secondly, brainstem infarction, if there is brainstem infarction, it can easily be combined with post-infarction hemorrhage transformation, which can also appear as a mixture of low and high density and uneven density on CT; thirdly, brainstem hemorrhage. If there is a hemorrhage in the brainstem, if it is in the recovery period, it can also appear as a mixture of high-density and low-density foci when reading the CT film, and the density is not uniform; fourthly, if there is a tumor in the brainstem, if there is a calcification in the middle of the tumor or a hemorrhage in the middle of the tumor, it is called a tumor stroke, and it also appears as a non-uniform density on CT. Therefore, the density is not uniform in the brainstem, mainly due to the above reasons.