Presentation
Alleged fall from 2-storey height building.
Patient Data
comminuted fractures involving left temporal bone, extending to squamous and mastoid part of temporal bone
fracture of left occipitomastoid suture with pneumocranium
fracture of left frontal bone
right superior orbital wall fracture
acute subarachnoid haemorrhages at the right fronto-temporoparietal region
acute intraparenchymal haemorrhages at the right frontal and right temporal lobe
thin subdural haemorrhage involving the left cerebellum
Case Discussion
This case shows left sided fractures involving left temporal bone and left occipitomastoid suture (coup injury) with the contrecoup component being the right intracranial bleeds in the right fronto-temporoparietal region.