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. 2015 Oct-Dec;5(4):227-9.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5151.170842.

Compound elevated skull fracture: Should we incorporate in skull fracture classification?

Amit Agrawal  1 , S Satish Kumar  2 , Umamaheswara V Reddy  3 , Kishor V Hegde  3 , B V Subrahmanyan  4
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Compound elevated skull fracture: Should we incorporate in skull fracture classification?

Amit Agrawal et al. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2015 Oct-Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a-c) Axial CT plain images bone window showing the elevated skull fracture of frontal bone with few displaced fracture fragments and pneumocephalus. Axial CT scan plain images brain window (d-f) showing parafalcine hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, and nonhemorrhagic contusions in frontal lobe, extracalvarial herniation of the brain parenchyma, and air pockets. CT = Computed tomography
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a-c) Volume-rendered images of the skull showing the degree of elevation of the frontal bone in better detailc
Figure 3
Figure 3
(a and b) Intraoperative photographs showing herniation of necrotic brain through the defect and elevated bone fragment
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