In a 33 years-old epileptic woman with a traumatic impact to the vertex, clinical and radiological studies (skull X-R, CT and MRI) disclosed an extensive callosal section under the topography of the falx, associated to fronto-basal contusions. There was a significant improvement in the epileptic syndrome. No interhemispheric disconnection syndrome could be determined, which is compatible with t...

Airbags are a safety mechanism proven to be effective in reducing the severity and fatality of traffic accidents.1 Nevertheless, airbag deployment has induced multiple injuries; superficial abrasions, contusions, lacerations, and thermal and chemical burns are the most common.2-4 A 21-year-old man was seen by the dermatologist on duty for facial burns and eye injury secondary to the sudden depl...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Americans, especially those under age 45. TBI accounts for more than 500,000 emergency department visits annually (Nirula et al., 2003). Closed head injury produces cerebral edema, hemorrhage, contusions, and ischemia. Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is also a common consequence of head trauma, and results from rotational...

FOR HKM Most acute sports-related injuries in children and adolescents involve the lower extremities. Emergency department physicians are often the first to evaluate and treat these injuries and are commonly asked for advice regarding return to sports and activities. This article will review the most common acute lower extremity injuries seen in young athletes, including contusions, muscle stra...

18. ISJtTBIESTO THE THOEAS AND ITS CONTENTS.? Minor injuries to the chest number 375, but the only point of interest in connection with them is, that they now and then set up disease, or cause serious consequences to already diseased organs within the thorax. Eight cases of pneumonia and two of pleurisy, 6 fatal, are recorded, after blows on the chest leaving contusions only, and in some of the...

I nternal mammary artery rupture is one of the uncommon complications after blunt chest trauma. In general, internal mammary artery rupture after chest trauma is associated with other injuries, including fractures, dislocation, lung contusions, and neurological impairment due to hypovolemia. Characteristic computed tomography (CT) and plain chest x ray findings might suggest the diagnosis of in...

Damage to lung parenchyma due to blunt thoracic trauma often appears as contusion or hematoma. Cavitary lung lesions or pseudocyst formation due to trauma is a rare phenomenon. In the literature traumatic pseudocysts are also known as pseudocystic hematomas, traumatic lung cavity and traumatic pneumotocel. Traumatic pseudocysts usually have good clinical prognosis, recover spontaneously with su...

The objective was to report the first pathologically confirmed case of partly functionally preserved medulla oblongata in a patient with catastrophic traumatic brain injury.A patient is described with epidural haematoma with normal breathing and blood pressure and a retained coughing reflex brought on only by catheter suctioning of the carina. Multiple contusions in the thalami and pons were fo...

The following ease occurred at Mliow in September 18G5. Apart from its interost in a medical point of view, it also possesses considerable interest legally in the determination of f bo^Y fur an external bruise, produced by a fall or blow, would ( cauee the extensive apoplectic clot found after deatli^ For it is to be noted that the deceased was seen alire in company with three European soldiers...