Objectives The identification and interpretation of skeletal trauma is an important topic in osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology palaeosciences. Trauma analysis a fast-moving sub-discipline with constantly evolving methodological approaches. This paper describes the process particular form fracturing that propagates specifically from floor cut marks proposes new terminology for this subset ...

BACKGROUND The goal of this investigation is to determine the success rate of aggressive cardiorespiratory resuscitation in children who experience blunt cranial trauma of sufficient magnitude to quickly cause cardiac arrest. METHODS The records of all the children who, within a 6-year period, suffered cardiac arrest at the scene of injury, during transport or in the emergency department of a...

Head injury is a common occurrence in motor vehicle accidents. There are numerous causes for cranial nerve injury that include head trauma or other lesions. Few studies regarding cranial nerve injury following mild head trauma (GCS: 14 - 15) exist in the literature. The oculomotor nerve is a somatic and visceral motor nerve. When it is completely injured the result is ptosis, pupils that are no...

was limited to early steroid therapy and occlusion therapy. The prognosis of oculomotor nerve palsy varies according to its etiology and the associated neurological problems. Some authors suggest waiting for at least six months before strabismus surgery, which permits the cause of oculomotor palsy to be evaluated and allows for possible spontaneous recovery [2]. A surgical approach, including s...

Reported is a unique case of Chiari imalforma tion with syringomyelia and medullar hemorrhage, which became symptomatic 4 days after a craniocervical trauma when the patient was doing neck exercises. The patient manifested respiratory arrest, tetraparesis, and persistent lower cranial nerve dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging studies revealed a Chiari i ma!formation with a large cervicothor...

A 41-year-old man presented to emergency service with loss of consciousness lasting 20 minutes after a piece of wood struck the right side of his face. Shortly after admission, he developed difficulty swallowing. On admission, he was alert and had normal vital findings. There was no motor, sensorial, or cerebellar deficit. Deviation of the uvula to the left side and pharyngeal reflex loss on th...

A 47-year-old man, with a 25-year history of frequent scuba diving, presented with a right-sided hypoglossal palsy 2 days after occipital head trauma. CT showed excessive occipito-temporal and atlas pneumatization, soft tissue emphysema, right-sided opacification of mastoid air cells, and a right-sided hypoglossal canal fracture (figures 1 and 2). Hypoglossal palsy resolved spontaneously 10 day...

Cranial fasciitis is a rare variant of pseudosarcomatous fibroblastic/myofibroblastic proliferation, seen almost exclusively in children. Most cases are idiopathic, though in some a history of trauma has been elucidated. Cases of suspected cranial fasciitis must be worked up radiologically to rule out intracranial extension. We present a case of cranial fasciitis in a ten-year old girl that sho...

OBJECTIVE Blunt head trauma is a common injury in children, although it rarely requires surgical intervention. Cranial computed tomography (CT) is the reference standard for the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury but has been associated with increased lifetime malignancy risk. We implemented a multifaceted quality improvement initiative to decrease the use of cranial CT for children with minor...