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Holding institution
Facultad de Medicina, UNAM
Collection
FAC MED (UNAM-MEX)
Sex
Female
Age
67 years
Country of origin
Mexico

Scientific notes

A fracture is present on the left parietal. The cranium is asymmetrical with hyperostosis.
Indications of a possible motor neuron disease (such as hemiplegia) are present.

1 lesions

blunt

Bones
Cranium
Timing
Antemortem
Force
Direct
Fracture type
Compression

Unknown Unknown

Left Parietal, fracture, blunt force trauma

  • Left side. A depression is present on the external table due to blunt force trauma, or possibly compressive force.

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  • Superior view, showing the complete injury including the impact point and its trajectory.

    photo: Socorro Baez Molgado and Jorge Gómez Valdez <br /> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" rel="dc:type">work</span> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>.

  • Injury, detail.

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Facultad de Medicina, UNAM. FAC MED (UNAM-MEX). catalogue no. UNAM-22

Facultad de Medicina, UNAM