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Brain injury due to a blank-shot mortar explosion

Traumatisme crânien par explosion d'une balle à blanc

Gehirnverletzung durch eine Böllerschußexplosion

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A case of injury to the brain caused by a blank-shot mortar explosion is described. The roentgenological findings of the skull and of double contrast ventriculography are noteworthy.

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Les auteurs décrivent un cas de traumatisme crânien par explosion d'une balle à blanc. Les données radiologiques du crâne et de la ventriculographie à double contraste méritent d'être signalées.

Zusammenfassung

Es wird ein Fall einer Gehirnverletzung durch eine Böllerschußverletzung mitgeteit. Die Befunde im Schädelröntgen und in der Doppelkontrast-Ventrikulographie sind bemerkenswert.

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  1. Department of Roentgenology and Neurosurgery, Wagner-Jauregg-Hospital, Linz, Austria

    B. Hammer & A. Gund

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Hammer, B., Gund, A. Brain injury due to a blank-shot mortar explosion. Neuroradiology 9, 103–106 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341428

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