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BLUNT INJURY

Occurs when the head accelerates and

then rapidly decelerates or collides with
another object (e.g. wall, or dashboard
of a car) and brain tissue is damage, but
there is no opening to the skull or dura.

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BRAIN INJURY

Occurs when an object penetrates

the skull, enters the brain and
damages the soft brain tissue in its
path (penetrating injury).

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Temporary

loss of neurologic
function with no apparent
structural damage.

Involves

period of
unconsciousness.

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Cerebral contusion, latin contusio cerebri,

a form of traumatic brain injury, is a bruise
of the brain tissue. Like bruises in other
tissues, cerebral contusion can be caused
by multiple microhemorrhages, small
blood vessel leaks into brain tissue. Head
CT scans of unconscious patients reveal
that 20% have hemorrhagic contusion.

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Contusions, which are frequently associated with

[[edema]], are especially likely to cause
increases in [[intracranial pressure]] (ICP) and
concomitant crushing of delicate brain tissue.
Contusions are also more likely to result in
hemorrhage than is [[diffuse axonal injury]]
because they occur more often in the cortex, an
area with more [[blood vessel]]s.

Contusions typically form in a wedge-shape with

the widest part in the outermost part of the brain.
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