TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Intracranial hypertension in victims of fatal traffic accidents
JO  - Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
A1  - Pittella, J. E.
A1  - Gusmão, S. S.
SP  - 843
EP  - 847
VL  - 57
IS  - 3B
N2  - A morphological study, macro and microscopical, was made of brain lesions in 120 victims of fatal road traffic accidents. Parahipoccampal hernia, Duret haemorrhage and infarction in the medio-basal occipital lobe, clear evidence of raised intracranial pressure, occurred in 43 (35.8%) patients. The increased intracranial pressure from the head injury is caused by brain swelling and by intracranial haematomas. In this series 3 cases of extradural haematomas (7.0%), 9 of subdural haematomas (20.9%), 6 of intracerebral haematomas (14%), 6 of burst lobe (14%) and 9 of brain swelling (20.9%) were observed.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p> 
LA  - pt
SN  - 0004-282X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -