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<blockquote data-quote="How bad boy" data-source="post: 7404455" data-attributes="member: 3028"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/14/first-professional-rugby-union-player-cte-billy-guyton[/URL]</p><p></p><p>"</p><p>The first confirmed diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a fully professional rugby union player has been made in New Zealand. Billy Guyton, who represented the New Zealand Māori, played scrum-half in Super Rugby for the Blues and had stints with the Hurricanes and Crusaders, died in May at the age of 33.</p><p></p><p>Guyton’s brain was donated to the brain bank at the University of Auckland. On Monday, his family received a summary of the results, the first item of which details “changes consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy”.</p><p></p><p>Guyton suffered from multiple concussions and <a href="https://nelsonweekly.co.nz/2018/10/head-knocks-force-guyton-to-retire/" target="_blank">took the decision to retire</a> because of the symptoms he was experiencing in 2018 at the age of 28.</p><p></p><p>The summary of the report, seen by the Guardian, also describes the condition of cavum septum pellucidum, a fissure in the middle of the brain associated with traumatic brain injury, and age-related tau deposits, which are not diagnostic of CTE, although often associated, but irregular in a young brain."</p><p></p><p></p><p>So was it the CTE that killed him or he died with CTE? Probably the latter, but the levels of evidence are concerningly low...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="How bad boy, post: 7404455, member: 3028"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/14/first-professional-rugby-union-player-cte-billy-guyton[/URL] " The first confirmed diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a fully professional rugby union player has been made in New Zealand. Billy Guyton, who represented the New Zealand Māori, played scrum-half in Super Rugby for the Blues and had stints with the Hurricanes and Crusaders, died in May at the age of 33. Guyton’s brain was donated to the brain bank at the University of Auckland. On Monday, his family received a summary of the results, the first item of which details “changes consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy”. Guyton suffered from multiple concussions and [URL='https://nelsonweekly.co.nz/2018/10/head-knocks-force-guyton-to-retire/']took the decision to retire[/URL] because of the symptoms he was experiencing in 2018 at the age of 28. The summary of the report, seen by the Guardian, also describes the condition of cavum septum pellucidum, a fissure in the middle of the brain associated with traumatic brain injury, and age-related tau deposits, which are not diagnostic of CTE, although often associated, but irregular in a young brain." So was it the CTE that killed him or he died with CTE? Probably the latter, but the levels of evidence are concerningly low... [/QUOTE]
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