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BRAIN - Trauma

Description
There is a patchy subarachnoid bruising in the parietal area of one side with quite marked cortical bruising in the opposite temporal lobe. There are further small areas of haemorrhage in the grey matter in the opposite temporal lobe and there are patchy minute haemorrhages in other parts of the grey matter.
History
This young man fell some 20 metres onto his head sustaining gross head injuries with a circumferential fracture of the skull.