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DEATH FROM BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE HEAD
Open AccessJournal Type: Case ReportSubject: Medicine, Health & FoodSubject Field: Health ResearchVolume:128, Issue: 1, July, 2023Publish Date: 9 July 2023
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Pages: 70-80
Abstract
In the services of doctors, the most frequently encountered in visum et repertum are victims who have experienced trauma (injury), whether they are still alive or dead. Clarity is needed regarding the type of trauma, the tools used, the causal relationship, the age of the wound, the degree of qualification of the wound, and in the dead, plus determining the cause, and manner mechanism of death. In this case report, a male corpse was identified from the statement of the investigator that the victim initially argued with a perpetrator who then threw bricks at the victims head. The the results of external examination found the tips of the fingers and toes looked pale. There were bruises on the chest, abrasions on the right forehead and right cheek, open wounds on the right eyebrow and left forehead and the results of the internal examination found blood absorption in the inner scalp, thick lining of the brain, bleeding spots in the brainstem, and fracture at the base of the skull.