Pontomedullary Laceration, a Fatal Consequence of Skull Base Ring Fracture
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Pontomedullary Laceration, a Fatal Consequence of Skull Base Ring Fracture
Due to improvements in emergency resuscitation provided by rescue teams, more trauma victims who could have died due to sudden heart failure at the scene are brought to the hospital following resuscitation. Most of these patients present with major organ injuries and hypovolemic shock at the time of trauma. However, head trauma associated with sudden heart arrest is rare. Here, we report a case...
متن کاملPenetrating Anterior Skull Base Fracture Inflicted by a Cow's Horn
Farm workers are at increased risk for animal-inflicted head injuries that are associated with significant morbidity and occasionally may be fatal. These injuries may cause permanent eye damage with or without concomitant skull base fracture. Here, we present a male farmer who suffered a cow attack that resulted in perforating orbital injury with comminuted frontobasal cranial fracture caused b...
متن کاملCase of Fracture of the Base of the Skull
on the ground. A friend gave him a little brandy, and he performed the motions of deglutition ; he was then put into a doolie and taken to his house. I saw him a quarter of an hour after the accident, in company with Assistant Surgeon Stevens6n, r.a., and Assistant Surgeon Leader, of the Buffs. Perfectly insensible; breathing stertorous and slow; gurgling in wind-pipe; pulse about 100?full, har...
متن کاملPneumocephalus in the absence of craniofacial skull base fracture.
We report a rare case of intracerebral pneumocephalus. It was not accompanied by the typical craniofacial skull base fracture. A 77-year-old woman presented with pneumocephalus following a pedestrian traffic accident. Neurologic and physical examination revealed multiple extensive emphysemas, multiple rib fractures, and lung contusions, but no facial or skull bone fractures. Computed tomography...
متن کاملRefrigeration-induced skull base fracture: three autopsy cases
Three cases of death are described where all the refrigerated skull of corpses showed cranial base fracture. A question arose whether these fractures were caused by head injury. As the details were clear and both autopsy and relative pathological findings displayed nothing positive, it was presumed that the cranial base fracture was due to the expansion of brain volume and increased intracrania...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2005-3711,1598-7876
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2014.56.6.534