Cerebral contusion

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Gehirnprellung, Hirnprellung, Gehirnquetschung

In the strict sense of the term, a cerebral contusion is a closed brain injury in which anatomically demonstrable tissue damage to the brain occurs despite intact external coverings1.

References

    1. Bay, E. (1941). Cerebral contusion. In: The Practice of Recognizing and Assessing Brain Injuries. Hefte zur Unfallheilkunde, vol H. 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg ↩ ↩

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