Fracture through Squamous and Petrous Portions of Right Temporal Bone, causing Rupture of Arteria Meningea Media; Effusion of large Clot of Blood
1866; Elsevier BV; Volume: 51; Issue: 102 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1097/00000441-186604000-00022
ISSN1538-2990
Autores Tópico(s)Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
ResumoPathological Society of Philadelphia.413 tions, and the lungs rapidly clogged with mucus.Death occurred at lOf P. M., 6£ hours after admission, 6f after accident.Post-mortem twelve hours after death.-Discoloration of scalp over the upper part of the frontal bone and anterior part of parietal bone, and extensive apoplexy of occipito-frontalis muscle.There was no fracture of superior part of frontal bone, but it was separated from its articulation with both parietal bones and the squamous portions of both temporal bones, but from the termination of the separation on the right side, a fissured fracture could be traced inwards through the orbital plate of right frontal bone, three lines from its posterior edge to the small wing of the sphenoid bone, and thence downwards forming a radiated comminuted fracture of the posterior wall of the orbit, A large clot of blood, caused by laceration of the anterior meningeal artery, lay upon the right anterior lobe of the brain, compressing it inwards and backwards.There was no laceration of brain tissue, and but a very slight effusion at the base of the brain.Abdominal viscera congested slightly; lungs deeply congested posteriorly ; on the left side the pleural cavity was obliterated by old adhe¬ sions ; heart healthy, containing very little clot; blood less coagulable than in health ; bladder distended with very pale urine.
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