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Skull Fracture (skull + fracture)

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Medical Sciences	50%

Selected Abstracts

Skull fracture and contralateral cerebral infarction after ventouse extraction

BJOG : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, Issue 12 2001
C.M.Y Choy
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Can Birth Trauma Be Confused for Abuse?

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, Issue 4 2010
Bryan C. Patonay M.D.
Abstract:, An unexpected infant death is usually investigated with a complete autopsy. If evidence of prior trauma is found at autopsy in these cases, suspicion is raised for nonaccidental trauma. In a young infant, the residua of trauma received during birth has the potential to be incorrectly interpreted as nonaccidental trauma. We report a the findings of a 4 1/2-month-old-infant that died unexpectedly with a healing linear skull fracture and a circular lesion over the calvarium found at autopsy. Though this lesion was concerning, the remainder of the autopsy and the histological findings did not support a diagnosis of recent trauma. Review of the literature describing birth injuries made the diagnosis of healing, residual birth trauma more convincing in this case. [source]

Machinery-Related Deaths: Relevance of Workplace Investigation and Antemortem Radiological Data in Reconstructing the Fatality

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, Issue 3 2010
Giovanni Cecchetto M.D.
Abstract:, Machinery-related fatalities are one of the leading causes of traumatic occupational deaths. In our report, we present the case of a 40-year-old male who suffered a severe head trauma while working in a cut-foam industry and died despite an early craniectomy. The radiological reconstruction of the skull based on preoperative computed tomography scans disclosed a large depressed conical fracture of the left parietal bone. The 3D-reconstruction of the work area, combined with a fit-matching analysis between the machinery and the depressed skull fracture allowed us to conclude that the head was crushed between the sliding bar of the cutting device and the metallic protuberance on the opposite side. The case underlines the importance of a detailed workplace investigation and of a thorough evaluation of all circumstantial, clinical, radiological, and autopsy data in the reconstruction of machinery-related fatalities to identify any possible legal responsibilities of the worker and/or the employer. [source]

Hutchinson,Gilford progeria syndrome with severe skin calcinosis

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 5 2007
S. Nakamura
Summary We describe a case of Hutchinson,Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) with long-term follow-up. A 1-month-old girl with marked sclerodermatous skin changes developed various symptoms of HGPS during follow-up. These included sclerotic skin, pigmentation, skin atrophy with translucent veins, wispy hair and alopecia, nail dystrophy and decreased sweating. Marked skin calcinosis was observed over almost the entire body, a symptom that has apparently been ignored in the literature. At 16 years old, the girl underwent surgery for a skull fracture and subdural haematoma, which was followed by chronic ulceration. Wet dressing with insulin-like growth factor was used with considerable effect. Mutation of the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene mutation, which encodes nuclear lamin A and C, has been reported to be the cause of HGPS. Our case showed the mutation G608G (GGC,GGT), which resulted in a cryptic splice site and consequently in a truncated lamin A/C protein. [source]