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Holding institution
Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Research, University of the Pacific
Collection
University of the Pacific (USA)
Country of origin
Mexico

Scientific notes

Fractures on right temporal; right sphenoid; frontal; right zygomatic; right orbit; left temporal.
Type of force: Compression, torsion and thrusting.

2 lesions

blunt

Bones
Cranium
Side
Both
Timing
Antemortem
Force
Direct
Fracture type
Torsion, Compression

Unknown Unknown

Source of lesion is blunt and sharp force.

  • Displacement, superomedially, of the right zygomatic has resulted in diastatic fractures to the zygomaticosphenoid and zygomaticofrontal sutures, and comminuted and linear fractures to the sphenoid and frontal, visible in the anterior right temporal fossa and lateral wall of the right orbit.

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  • Two hinge fractures to the right temporosphenoid area, one extending anterior to posterior across the body of the temporal squama and another to the greater wing of the sphenoid just anterior to the sphenosquamosal suture. Two patent puncture lesions, one superior to the right supraglenoid gutter and another to the right side of the frontal, posterosuperior to the zygomaticofrontal suture. The fractures and lesions are visible both ecto- and endocranially.

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  • In basal view, a linear fracture in the body of the right sphenoid radiates posterior to anterior from the right foramen ovale to just lateral to the foramen rotundum, and extends into the orbital fissures, resulting in separation of the greater wing from the base of the pterygoid plate.

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  • In the right middle cranial fossa, the linear fracture described above and a second are visible and, inferior to the superior orbital fissure and adjacent sphenofrontal suture, comminuted fractures are evident.

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  • Notable, endocranially, is the visibly more depressed right middle cranial fossa and orbital roof, as compared to the left, and, in anterior interorbital view, the difference in shape between the greater wings of the right and left sphenoid.

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  • These asymmetries are likely a consequence of the traumas described above.

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  • A linear fracture to the left temporal squama radiates in an inferoanterior to superoposterior direction.

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Lesion 2

Bones
Cranium
Side
Right

Unknown Unknown

  • Unspecified infectious Infectious
    Bony deposits in the right inferior orbital fissure indicate infection.
  • Specimen SRA-B135, lesion

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Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Research, University of the Pacific. University of the Pacific (USA). catalogue no. SRA-B135

Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Research, University of the Pacific