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. 2014 Apr 30;1(3):188-189.
doi: 10.1002/ams2.32. eCollection 2014 Jul.

Lethal head trauma caused by falling objects

Tetsuya Okuhara  1 , Youichi Yanagawa  2 , Kazuhiko Omori  2 , Hiromichi Ohsaka  2 , Shunsuke Matsui  3 , Kouji Fujiwara  3 , Hiroshi Ito  1 , Souichiro Kitamura  3
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Lethal head trauma caused by falling objects

Tetsuya Okuhara et al. Acute Med Surg. .
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Computed tomography of the head of a 35‐year‐old male who suffered head trauma from falling steel materials. The scan reveals an open skull defect fracture, contusion of the bilateral frontal lobes, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, and the disappearance of the basilar cistern with intraventricular hemorrhage, suggesting brain herniation.
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