@article{ref1,
title="Cerebral contusion in victims of fatal traffic accidents. Frequency and association with other craniocerebral lesions",
journal="Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria",
year="1999",
author="Pittella, J. E. and Gusmão, S. S.",
volume="57",
number="3B",
pages="848-852",
abstract="A morphological study, macro and microscopical, was made of brain lesions in 120 victims of fatal road traffic accidents. Contusions of the brain were identified in 67 (55.8%) of the patients. The contusions especially affected the orbital surfaces of the frontal lobes (27.8%) and the temporal poles (19.8%). The recent brain contusion was associated with a skull fracture in 70.1% of the cases and with a diffuse axonal injury in 89.5%. These can be explained by the association of contact and inertia from the road traffic accidents. Old contusions were identified in six patients (5.0%).<p /><p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0004-282X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}