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KMID : 0357820050290010056
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2005 Volume.29 No. 1 p.56 ~ p.59
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Cerebello-brain stem Infarction following Tearing of Vertebral Artery combined with Cervical Spine Fracture
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Kim Youn-Shin
Eom Min-Seob
Park Jeong-Woo
Lee Han-Young
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Abstract
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The authors experienced a case of traumatic infarction of cerebellum and brain stem. The victim was 48-year-old woman and died after violence including head trauma. On admission, being unconscious, clinical diagnosis was cerebellar infarction of unknown cause. Autopsy showed severe subscalp hemorrhage and avulsion, cerebral edema, infarction of cerebellum and brain stem, and we also noted cervical spine fracture(C4) and Rt. vertebral artery occlusion by thrombus and dissection. There was no signs of trauma on the surface of the neck. We will describe the autopsy findings and clinical course of death.
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KEYWORD
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Trauma, Thrombus, Dissection
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