Venous sinus injuries are common with occipital skull fractures
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London’s Air Ambulance, London, UK Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Figure 1 A) Displaced fracture causeing sagittal sinus thrombosis; B) Periosteal haematoma compressing right transverse sinus; C) Right Sigmoid Sinus thrombus forming under undisplaced right occipital / base of skull fracture. Hendrickson et al. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014, 22(Suppl 1):O8 http://www.sjtrem.com/content/22/S1/O8
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