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cerebral laceration
occurs when the tissue of the brain is cut or torn
Etiology:
- penetrating & perforating head trauma
- often found with skull fractures on both sides of the head
Pathology:
- the pia mater & arachnoid membranes* are torn over the site of injury
- common in the inferior frontal lobes & the poles of the temporal lobes
* in cerebral contusion the pia mater & arachnoid membranes are not torn
General
laceration
traumatic brain injury (TBI)
intracranial hemorrhage
References
- Wikipedia: Cerebral laceration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_laceration