Citation

Gusmão SS, Pittella JE. Arq. Neuropsiquiatr. 1999; 57(4): 965-970.

Vernacular Title

Tumefacao cerebral congestiva em vitimas fatais de acidente de transito.

Affiliation

Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Associacao Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquitria)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10683687

Abstract

A morphological study, macro and microscopical, was made of brain lesions in 120 victims of fatal road traffic accidents. Congestive brain swelling occurred in 21 (17.5%) patients. Owing to the brain swelling that increases the brain volume, an increase of brain weight was also observed. Brain contusion was the most frequent lesion associated with congestive brain swelling (76.2%), while the intracranial haematomas were observed in almost half of the cases.

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