Patozone

Cerebral contusion in fixed brain

Contrecoup or “gliding” contusions of the medial aspects of the orbital gyri and ventral surfaces of the temporal lobes in man who fell and hit the back of his head.

Battle Sign (basilar skull fx)

Lacerations

A laceration is a tear in tissue produced by blunt force injury, such that tissue is stretched, crushed, sheared or avulsed

Characterized by strands of “bridging” tissue (which are lacking in an incised wound)

Aortic laceration