Citation

Simpson RH, Berson DS, Shapiro HA. Forensic Sci. Int. 1985; 27(4): 229-235.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

4007716

Abstract

A 40-year-old pedestrian was involved in a road traffic accident. He lost consciousness immediately and remained comatose for 6 months until he died of a bronchopneumonia. Examination of the fixed brain revealed the late results of diffuse axonal injury. Not all the features were readily visible macroscopically, but required a limited number of histological sections from readily predictable sites for demonstration. Special stains played only a confirmatory role. This case illustrates some of the problems in diagnosing one of the commoner patterns of brain damage in head injury, and shows how the problem may best be approached in practice.

Language: en