| Unusually extensive head trauma in a hydraulic elevator accident: post-mortem MSCT findings, autopsy results and scene reconstruction. | |
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PMID: 18761316 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Accidental or intentional falls from a height are a form of blunt trauma and occur frequently in forensic medicine. Reports describing elevator accidents as a small subcategory of falls from heights are rare in the medical literature and no report on injury patterns or scene reconstruction of such an accident was found. A case of an accident in a hydraulic elevator with a man falling 3m was examined using post-mortem multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) and autopsy. The man suffered an unusually extensive trauma and died at the scene. Post-mortem MSCT examination showed a comminute fracture of the skull, the right femur and the first lumbar vertebra. Severe lacerations of the brain with epidural, subdural and subarachnoidal haemorrhages over both hemispheres were diagnosed. Autopsy confirmed these findings. To reconstruct the accident we used radiological and autopsy results as well as findings at the scene. |
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Authors:
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Christina Jacobsen; Corinna A Schön; Beat Kneubuehl; Michael J Thali; Emin Aghayev |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2008-07-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of forensic and legal medicine Volume: 15 ISSN: 1752-928X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2008 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-09-01 Completed Date: 2009-01-27 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101300022 Medline TA: J Forensic Leg Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 462-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Centre for Forensic Medicine and Virtopsy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. |
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Accidents, Occupational* Craniocerebral Trauma / pathology* Elevators and Escalators* Femoral Fractures / pathology Forensic Pathology Fractures, Comminuted / pathology* Hemorrhage / pathology Humans Imaging, Three-Dimensional Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries, pathology Male Middle Aged Skull Fractures / pathology* Spinal Fractures / pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods |
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