Citation

Pittella JE, Gusmão SS. Arq. Neuropsiquiatr. 1999; 57(3B): 843-847.

Vernacular Title

Hipertensao intracraniana em vitimas fatais de acidente de transito.

Affiliation

Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Associacao Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquitria)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10751921

Abstract

A morphological study, macro and microscopical, was made of brain lesions in 120 victims of fatal road traffic accidents. Parahipoccampal hernia, Duret haemorrhage and infarction in the medio-basal occipital lobe, clear evidence of raised intracranial pressure, occurred in 43 (35.8%) patients. The increased intracranial pressure from the head injury is caused by brain swelling and by intracranial haematomas. In this series 3 cases of extradural haematomas (7.0%), 9 of subdural haematomas (20.9%), 6 of intracerebral haematomas (14%), 6 of burst lobe (14%) and 9 of brain swelling (20.9%) were observed.

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